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22Jun

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Battle for satellite broadband: Elon Musk’s Starlink eyes India, Reliance Jio resists

[ad_1] Elon Musk is eager to bring his Starlink satellite broadband to India, but the world's richest man faces strong resistance from Mukesh Ambani, Asia's wealthiest, who runs Indian telecom giant Reliance Jio.Following a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the U.S. on Tuesday, Musk said he was keen to launch Starlink in India which "can be incredibly helpful" in remote villages that have no internet or lack high-speed services. What he didn't talk about is how Starlink is at odds with Ambani's Reliance over the government's distribution of satellite broadband spectrum, setting the stage for a battle between two of the world's richest men for satellite services in the world's most populous nation. Starlink is lobbying India to not auction the spectrum but just assign l...

Forget satellite SOS on iPhone 14, Elon Musk’s Starlink to offer internet on all smartphones

[ad_1] Elon Musk’s Starlink wants to provide satellite broadband service to mobile devices directly. Know all details. Apple has been making headlines with its Emergency SOS via Satellite feature on the iPhone 14 series, and has been proving to be of immense help. However, Elon Musk's Starlink wants to use its satellite service for something even better – to provide internet connection to smartphones directly. Musk, who has been in the news lately for his stringent measures on running Twitter, now wants to provide data connectivity to smartphones directly, without any additional gear.Based on a report from CNET, it is said that SpaceX has now got the approval to deploy 7500 additional satellites in low-earth orbit, thereby expanding the Starlink broadband satellite coverage to over 10...

Hughes and ISRO launch India’s first HTS broadband service

[ad_1] New Delhi, Sep 12 (PTI) Hughes Communications on Monday announced the commercial launch of India's first High Throughput Satellite (HTS) broadband internet service.The service will provide high-speed satellite internet across the country, including in remote locations that are unserviceable by terrestrial networks, using Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)'s GSAT-11 and GSAT-29 communication satellites. The service supports applications such as WiFi hotspots for community internet access, managed SD-WAN solutions, backhaul for mobile network, and satellite internet for small businesses, the statement said. "With the new HTS capabilities powered by ISRO satellites, we are confident that HCI will continue to deliver excellent quality satellite broadband s...