SpaceX eyes US carrier acquisition for its growing cellular ambitions

• SpaceX is reportedly in talks with EchoStar to acquire Boost Mobile or strike a separate network-access deal.
• An acquisition could give SpaceX millions of existing customers and help accelerate its plans to challenge AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon.
• SpaceX is also reportedly looking to secure access to roughly 80,000 cell sites across the US as it builds out its wireless ambitions.

SpaceX kicked off the fourth quarter of 2026 with a bang, and it won’t let the momentum it’s built slow down. In early October, the company announced it had struck an $8 billion agreement to acquire 800MHz spectrum to improve Starlink Mobile’s indoor coverage. Fast-forward to now, and we might finally know how the Elon Musk-led company plans to take on the carrier giants without starting from scratch.

In classic Musk fashion, the answer might lie in buying his way into the competition.