Starlink
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The province of Ontario will cancel Starlink’s licence to operate in a tit-for-tat if US President Trump introduces 25% tariffs on goods imported from Canada. -
Elon Musk’s SpaceX will offer free Starlink terminals to areas of Los Angeles affected by raging wildfires.
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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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Amazon is looking to take on Starlink with newly unearthed regulatory filings suggesting it plans to launch a satellite broadband service in the UK.
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Veon and Starlink, a division of SpaceX, have agreed a deal to bring Starlink’s direct-to-cell satellite connectivity to Kyivstar customers in Ukraine.
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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.
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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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3 DECEMBER - 4 DECEMBER 2025 Singapore, Singapore
