It becomes increasingly clear that one of SpaceX’s major businesses, Elon Musk’s company, is Starlink and its unparalleled fleet of satellites, an advantage that could be decisive when Direct-to-Device technology is fully developed, allowing mobile phones to connect directly with satellites, without the need for ground-based antennas. The major European telecom companies have already taken their first steps in this market, but now they want to join forces to compete on a large scale with Starlink, which already offers its own satellite mobile phone services.. Continue reading
Telefónica, Deutsche Telekom, Orange, and Vodafone join forces to challenge Elon Musk
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Las llaves. La opinión. Texto en el que el autor defiende ideas y extrae conclusiones basadas en su interpretación de hechos y datos. Telefónica, Deutsche Telekom, Orange, and Vodafone join forces to challenge Elon Musk. The audio of this news story uses a synthetic voice generated by Artificial Intelligence and may have some inconsistencies. Satellite antennas of Deutsche Telekom in Nemea (Greece). German telecommunications company. It becomes increasingly clear that one of SpaceX’s major businesses, Elon Musk’s company, is Starlink and its unparalleled fleet of satellites, an advantage that could be decisive when Direct-to-Device technology is fully developed, allowing mobile phones to connect directly with satellites, without the need for ground-based antennas. European telecom giants are already taking their first steps in this market, but now they want to team up to compete on a large scale with Starlink, which already offers its own satellite mobile phone services. To do this, Telefónica, Orange, Vodafone, and Deutsche Telekom are studying presenting themselves together at the next Brussels frequency allocation and contracting a satellite provider, possibly the American AST SpaceMobile. This creates a paradox: Europe wants to reduce its dependence on a US giant by relying on another US company.
