Rogers Communications and SpaceX announced an agreement to bring satellite-to-phone coverage nationwide to enable all Canadians to access connectivity beyond the reach of traditional cellular networks using SpaceX’s Starlink Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites and Rogers’ national mobile spectrum. The companies plan to start the project with satellite coverage (‘Direct to Cell’) for SMS text services and will eventually provide voice and data across Canada’s most remote wilderness, national parks and rural highways that are unconnected today. Once commercially available, satellite-to-phone coverage will work with all 5G and 4G smartphones. The coverage will support SMS and MMS text, and 911 emergency services.