Starlink
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Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of SpaceX and Starlink, Tesla, X and xAI will have a role in the upcoming second Trump administration, having been appointed to lead the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). -
Starlink owner Elon Musk is embroiled in a spat with fellow billionaire Mukesh Ambani over spectrum allocation in India.
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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted SpaceX and T-Mobile temporary approval to use Starlink’s direct-to-cell satellite service to restore mobile connectivity in parts of North Carolina hit by Hurricane Helene.
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Starlink collaboration with T-Mobile allows life-saving alerts in remote locations
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Musk commented on X that SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service is yet to receive approval from regulators in South Africa
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Geespace has deployed a further 10 low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites positioning itself as a competitor to SpaceX’s Starlink
Forthcoming events
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From a student that couldn’t study in his hometown to the first Starlink community gateway partner, Capacity tells the remarkable story of Emmett Fitch
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Wireless Logic, a global IoT provider, has secured authorised reseller status for SpaceX’s Starlink.
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Virgin Media is using Starlink’s Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite technology to provide mobile backhaul for some of the country’s most remote locations to accelerate its Shared Rural Network (SRN) rollout.
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX has accused Telecom Italia (TIM) of obstructing the rollout of its high-speed Starlink satellite internet service in Italy according to a report from Bloomberg.
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Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, Ghana’s minister for communications and digitisation, has announced plans to licence satellite internet provider Starlink, less than one week after disruption to four subsea cables caused a major internet blackout in the country and across West and Central Africa.
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Starlink has unveiled a new community gateway product that it says allows local internet providers to distribute fibre-like speed connectivity to homes, businesses, and governments.
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Singtel will augment its maritime digital offerings with Starlink’s satellites to drive the adoption of digital solutions by ship owners and operators.
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BT and Elon Musk’s Starlink are in talks to cover rural parts of the UK with broadband and mobile services.
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TMobile has announced that SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has launched the first Starlink satellites with direct to cell capabilities.
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Telecom services are slowly being restored to the Gaza strip after the most significant internet blackout since the conflict began occurred on Friday.
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A new webpage added to Starlink’s website has revealed that SMS services for its direct-to-cell solution will go live in 2024. Voice, data and IoT services will go live in 2025.
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Amazon’s low earth orbit satellite broadband initiative, Project Kuiper, launched two prototype satellites last Friday, marking the Starlink rivals first major mission.
