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Starlink, the satellite-based Internet service operated by Elon Musk's SpaceX, is set to go live in India by focussing on ten rural Lok Sabha constituencies, a company's executive revealed. SpaceX aims to provide high-speed Internet access in remote areas using a constellation of satellites under Starlink. The Hawthorne, California-based company is projecting to offer “near global coverage” of its service in 2021. It is considering India amongst the key potential markets to grow the service in the coming future.Country…

SpaceX billionaire Elon Musk said on Saturday that the company's Starlink satellite broadband service is available in Ukraine and SpaceX is sending more terminals to the country, whose Internet has been disrupted due to the Russian invasion."Starlink service is now active in Ukraine. More terminals en route," Musk tweeted.He was responding to a tweet by an Ukraine government official who asked Musk to provide the embattled country with Starlink stations.“@elonmusk, while you try to colonise Mars — Russia try to occupy…

Ukraine plans to urge about 50 additional tech companies, including in gaming, esports and internet infrastructure, to take action against Russia following a slew of earlier requests, a top Ukrainian government tech official told Reuters on Wednesday.Software giant Oracle responded within three hours on Wednesday to a tweet from Ukraine's Ministry of Digital Transformation calling on it to stop doing business in Russia amid the country's invasion of Ukraine.Deputy digital minister Alexander Bornyakov showed Oracle's…

Elon Musk's offer to buy Twitter sparked concerns among Tesla investors and analysts that the electric carmaker could suffer as the chief executive becomes distracted by his takeover play and the possible sales of Tesla shares to fund the deal.The billionaire entrepreneur, who also heads rocket company SpaceX, targeted Twitter on Thursday with a $43 billion (roughly Rs. 3,29,278 crore) takeover offer.The idea of Musk working to close that deal, possibly by selling even more of his Tesla stake, and then overseeing yet…

SpaceX signed its first deal with an air carrier to provide in-flight wireless Internet using the Starlink satellite network, the space company said on Thursday as it jockeys with other burgeoning satellite firms to put high-speed Internet on commercial airlines.The company, owned by Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk, has been in talks for months with airlines to provide Starlink Internet in-flight, a key prong in SpaceX's strategy to scoop up enterprise customers beyond consumers and households in rural areas of the globe…