Standard phones in rural Europe will soon get reliable internet. They will get voice, data, messaging, and high broadband speeds in places no towers can reach. Over 140 million people will benefit starting 2028.

Starlink VP Stephanie Bednarek announced on stage at Mobile World Congress: this is the first European deployment of Starlink’s advanced V2 satellites. That’s a big milestone.

Elon Musk put it simply:

“Starlink will do more to educate and lift people out of poverty than any NGO ever.” (May 2025)

And: “Our commercial Starlink program is the primary source of funding for Starship.” (Sept 2024)

Every new customer and every new partnership does two things at once: connects people today and pays for humanity’s future on Mars.