Eutelsat and OneWeb take on Elon Musk’s Starlink
Eutelsat acquired a major stake in OneWeb. The two European satellite operators proceed as a joint venture. The organizations want to break through Starlink's satellite internet dominance.
Eutelsat already had a 23 percent stake in OneWeb. The satellite operator recently upped its shares to 50 p... Read more
EU to spend 6 billion euros on broadband satellite plan
The bloc's ambition is to rival the satellite based Internet system of Elon Musk
The European Commission this week rolled out a 6 billion-euro satellite communications plan. The move is part of a push to cut the European Union's dependence on foreign companies and protect key communications serv... Read more
Europe’s Wi-Fi satellite program will exclude non-EU countries
The EC's lead Commissioner says full proposal will include strict criteria for those wishing to take part.
Thierry Breton, the EC's Internal Market Commissioner, said this week that the bloc will likely exclude non-EU countries from a new communications satellite program. The reason for the excl... Read more
OneWeb aims to take on Elon Musk’s Starlink
The company has launched 36 satellites into orbit in one day.
OneWeb, the low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications company, this week confirmed its successful deployment of 36 satellites on one day of launch operations. The launches took place in nine batches over a period of 3 hours 45 mi... Read more