SpaceX
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX will offer free Starlink terminals to areas of Los Angeles affected by raging wildfires. -
Telstra has partnered with SpaceX's Starlink to bring direct-to-device messaging to users in Australia.
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Expereo has become a Starlink authorised reseller, enabling the company to provide Low-Earth-Orbit (LEO) satellite connectivity to businesses.
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T-Mobile has opened registration for beta access to its direct-to-cell satellite service with Starlink.
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The EU has signed off on IRIS², a multi-orbital constellation of 290 satellites aimed at taking on Elon Musk’s Starlink.
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has greenlit SpaceX’s Starlink direct-to-phone satellite internet service after a lengthy wait.
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The SES-22 satellite was successfully launched into space onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, SES has confirmed.
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Regulators in Nigeria and Mozambique have approved the start of broadband satellite services via Starlink, part of Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
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Africa, much of South America, and all of Asia are still on the waiting list for coverage for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband satellite service.
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OneWeb has revived the idea that India might launch its future satellites.
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The Philippines will be the first country in south-east Asia to be served by SpaceX’s Starlink satellite service, the government has announced.
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OneWeb has turned to Eutelsat, one of its biggest shareholders, to distribute its services in key markets, including maritime, aviation, enterprise, telecoms and government.
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Elon Musk and his launch company SpaceX are rescuing OneWeb in a deal to launch the rest of the company’s satellites.
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SpaceX’s Starlink satellite service is giving consumers across Europe faster speeds than fixed broadband, according to Ookla.
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Ofcom is seeking stakeholder input on its next Space Spectrum Strategy, which is intended to address the growing number of NGSO satellites and their use of spectrum.
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Satellite company Iridium has reduced its quarterly loss to US$5.9 million, compared with $7.9 million in the previous year, and $107.9 million in the same quarter the year before.
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The European Union is moving ahead on its controversial plans to create a quantum-secure satellite system that will compete with Amazon’s Kuiper, OneWeb, SpaceX’s Starlink and others.
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Last month’s volcano destroyed or damaged more than 80km of subsea cable connecting the Pacific islands of Tonga to Fiji.
