Starlink
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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.
Forthcoming events
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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.
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A Ukrainian official has slammed Elon Musk after claims emerged that the SpaceX owner ordered engineers to switch off Starlink satellites near Crimea to prevent a Ukrainian offensive on Russia.
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Service will be launched in 2024 and allow customers to send and receive SMS messages.
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Telefonica says it will join forces with Elon Musk-owned Starlink to provide connectivity to rural and remote customers.
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Starlink services were cut off by Musk during a planned drone strike, sparking fury from Ukrainian generals
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SC CapRock, the Brazilian subsidiary of Speedcast, through its long-term global agreement with Nokia to develop LTE private wireless networks, has inked a global agreement for the sale of Starlink’s corporate services.
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Telstra has unveiled a partnership with Starlink to deliver Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite connectivity for voice and fixed broadband services in remote and hard-to-reach places in Australia.
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After six month wait, Elon Musk’s satellite company adds another Central American market to its coverage.