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Amazon's Project Kuiper could be launched in India in the coming months, as the US based company has applied for approval to operate its satellite-based broadband internet services in the country. Amazon's Kuiper Systems will rely on a constellation of 3,236 satellites that are located in low Earth orbit (LEO) to provide access to low-latency and...

Telecom regulator TRAI on Monday issued a draft to repeal the regulation on quality of service of dial-up and leased line internet access service. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) said that there are no dial-up subscribers now and high-speed broadband services are being provided through optical fibres, wireless technologies such as ...

Jio has launched a new entry-level broadband plan priced at Rs. 198 per month. The plan, named Broadband Back-up plan, is claimed to offer an Internet speed of 10 megabit per second. Earlier, the minimum price for availing Jio Fiber connection was Rs. 399 per month.

OneWeb on Sunday launched the last 36 satellites in its 616-satellite “constellation”, ahead of the company's plans to offer global broadband coverage in 2023. The Starlink rival plans to provide coverage to the lower 48 US states in May and the rest of the world later this year.

Amazon plans to launch its first Internet satellites to space in the first half of 2024 and offer initial commercial tests shortly after, the company said Tuesday, as it prepares to vie with Elon Musk's SpaceX and others to provide broadband Internet globally.

The United States Trade and Development Agency will provide a grant to an internet service provider to conduct a feasibility study to take broadband connectivity to over 30 million people in rural and peri-urban communities across India, an official

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is working to provide its Starlink satellite broadband internet directly to smartphones. The company received a go-ahead to launch 7,500 new Starlink satellites over the next 10 years, expanding its satellite fleet in low-Earth orbit to over 10,000.

Elon Musk and the White House are said to be in talks to set up the former's SpaceX satellite internet services Starlink in Iran, where Internet access remains restricted over widespread national protests over the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody. Last month, the US Treasury Department last month said that some satellite Internet equipment ca...

Elon Musk is set to activate Starlink, SpaceX's satellite Internet service, after he US Treasury Department guidance expanding Internet services available to Iranians despite US sanctions on the country. Iranians have been protesting over the death of Mahsa Amini last week while in police custody of the country's morality police. SpaceX has already...

Apple has roped in Globalstar to support the satellite services on the new iPhone 14 series. It has reportedly set a $450 million (roughly Rs. 4,000 crores) fund for this feature, which will be free for iPhone 14 series owners for two years, in Canada and the US. The iPhone 14 lineup launched on Wednesday comprised four new handsets, including a ne...

The US Federal Communications Commission rejected SpaceX's Starlink and LTD Broadband's applications for more than $2 billion (roughly Rs. 15,930 crore) in Internet service subsidies. In December 2020, the FCC tentatively awarded $9.2 billion (roughly Rs. 73,281 crore) to over 300 bidders to deploy high-speed broadband from the Rural Digital Opport...

BSNL has collaborated with the Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE) to provide better and faster internet connectivity in 4,685 Kerala schools. Under the initiative, BSNL will provide 100MBps broadband internet connectivity in high schools, higher secondary schools and vocational higher secondary schools in the southern state.

The Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE) and BSNL have joined hands for providing 100 Mbps broadband internet connectivity in high schools, higher secondary schools and vocational higher secondary schools in the southern state.

Eutelsat and OneWeb have agreed to merge as part of a $3.5 billion (roughly Rs. 27,900 crore) deal to create a “global champion” to rival Elon Musk’s Starlink internet services. Satellite broadband is able to provide connectivity to the most remote areas on Earth without antennas and other infrastructure. The market was projected to grow to $...

Amazon is looking to expand Project Kuiper, it’s initiative to offer broadband internet via satellites globally, in India. Like Elon Musk-owned SpaceX's Starlink project, Amazon will also send over 3,000 satellites.

Amazon's Project Kuiper could be launched in India in the coming months, as the US based company has applied for approval to operate its satellite-based broadband internet services in the country. Amazon's Kuiper Systems will rely on a constellation of 3,236 satellites that are located in low Earth orbit (LEO) to provide access to low-latency and...

Telecom regulator TRAI on Monday issued a draft to repeal the regulation on quality of service of dial-up and leased line internet access service. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) said that there are no dial-up subscribers now and high-speed broadband services are being provided through optical fibres, wireless technologies such as ...

Jio has launched a new entry-level broadband plan priced at Rs. 198 per month. The plan, named Broadband Back-up plan, is claimed to offer an Internet speed of 10 megabit per second. Earlier, the minimum price for availing Jio Fiber connection was Rs. 399 per month.

OneWeb on Sunday launched the last 36 satellites in its 616-satellite “constellation”, ahead of the company's plans to offer global broadband coverage in 2023. The Starlink rival plans to provide coverage to the lower 48 US states in May and the rest of the world later this year.

Amazon plans to launch its first Internet satellites to space in the first half of 2024 and offer initial commercial tests shortly after, the company said Tuesday, as it prepares to vie with Elon Musk's SpaceX and others to provide broadband Internet globally.

The United States Trade and Development Agency will provide a grant to an internet service provider to conduct a feasibility study to take broadband connectivity to over 30 million people in rural and peri-urban communities across India, an official

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is working to provide its Starlink satellite broadband internet directly to smartphones. The company received a go-ahead to launch 7,500 new Starlink satellites over the next 10 years, expanding its satellite fleet in low-Earth orbit to over 10,000.

Elon Musk and the White House are said to be in talks to set up the former's SpaceX satellite internet services Starlink in Iran, where Internet access remains restricted over widespread national protests over the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody. Last month, the US Treasury Department last month said that some satellite Internet equipment ca...

Elon Musk is set to activate Starlink, SpaceX's satellite Internet service, after he US Treasury Department guidance expanding Internet services available to Iranians despite US sanctions on the country. Iranians have been protesting over the death of Mahsa Amini last week while in police custody of the country's morality police. SpaceX has already...

Apple has roped in Globalstar to support the satellite services on the new iPhone 14 series. It has reportedly set a $450 million (roughly Rs. 4,000 crores) fund for this feature, which will be free for iPhone 14 series owners for two years, in Canada and the US. The iPhone 14 lineup launched on Wednesday comprised four new handsets, including a ne...

The US Federal Communications Commission rejected SpaceX's Starlink and LTD Broadband's applications for more than $2 billion (roughly Rs. 15,930 crore) in Internet service subsidies. In December 2020, the FCC tentatively awarded $9.2 billion (roughly Rs. 73,281 crore) to over 300 bidders to deploy high-speed broadband from the Rural Digital Opport...

BSNL has collaborated with the Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE) to provide better and faster internet connectivity in 4,685 Kerala schools. Under the initiative, BSNL will provide 100MBps broadband internet connectivity in high schools, higher secondary schools and vocational higher secondary schools in the southern state.

The Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE) and BSNL have joined hands for providing 100 Mbps broadband internet connectivity in high schools, higher secondary schools and vocational higher secondary schools in the southern state.

Eutelsat and OneWeb have agreed to merge as part of a $3.5 billion (roughly Rs. 27,900 crore) deal to create a “global champion” to rival Elon Musk’s Starlink internet services. Satellite broadband is able to provide connectivity to the most remote areas on Earth without antennas and other infrastructure. The market was projected to grow to $...

Amazon is looking to expand Project Kuiper, it’s initiative to offer broadband internet via satellites globally, in India. Like Elon Musk-owned SpaceX's Starlink project, Amazon will also send over 3,000 satellites.