Elon Musk says buying Verizon is “not out of the question”

SpaceX is acquiring EchoStar’s AWS-4 and H-block spectrum licenses, which have been allocated for satellite and mobile communications. EchoStar’s CEO, Hamid Akhavan, highlighted that the spectrum would turbocharge SpaceX’s direct-to-cell vision. And Musk is already thinking along those lines and beyond.Musk recently appeared as a guest on the All-In podcast. He revealed that the purchase of EchoStar’s spectrum would allow satellites to beam high-bandwidth connectivity to phones. However, the frequencies he has bought aren’t supported by the current chipsets, and it could take around two years for phones that can use the spectrum to arrive on the market. SpaceX will also have to build satellites that can communicate on the frequencies. Once the company is done building the satellites and working with smartphone manufacturers to enable support for the newly acquired frequencies, customers should be able to do data-intensive tasks just about anywhere.