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.
Forthcoming events
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX is in negotiations with Fiji’s telecoms operator Fintel to establish a ground station in the country as it helps restore internet connectivity.
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SpaceX’s Starlink satellite service is offering a faster service, at 150-500Mbps, with deliveries starting in the second quarter of this year.
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Satellite company OneWeb finished 2021 on a high, with another successful launch, but the date of its commercial start is still unclear.
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Elon Musk’s Starlink broadband satellite project is giving faster speeds than fixed broadband from local telcos, according to research from Ookla.
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BT and other wholesale partners of satellite company OneWeb will start testing services in January, Capacity understands, with commercial services likely to be on offer several months later.
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There will be 17,000 satellites launched over the next 10 years, a fourfold increase over the previous 10 years, says satellite consultancy Euroconsult.
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Low Earth orbit satellites are taking over and will become an integral part of the world’s telecoms infrastructure, with 50,000 of them by the end of the decade, writes Alan Burkitt-Gray
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There will soon be another cell tower in space according to OQ Technology, which has unveiled plans for its Tiger-3 launch.
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Telesat, which is planning to build a satellite network, Lightspeed, to rival OneWeb and SpaceX’s Starlink, will complete its merger with Loral Space & Communications next week.
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SpaceX has formally completed its takeover of nano-satellite company Swarm, whose co-founders have taken senior positions with Elon Musk’s operation.
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Amazon will launch its first two Project Kuiper satellites at the end of 2022, in preparation for its new 400Mbps network.
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Verizon is poised to become the anchor tenant of Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite network, with a deal to use it for 4G and 5G distribution.
