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The crybaby will threaten to sue, and the russian cock holster will try to retaliate on a private businesses behalf.
I'm italian and i really hope the deal doesn't go through.
Pull out of the deal
Yes, please kill the Starlink deal.
Ontario Premiere, Doug Ford, just ripped the provinces 100M starlink deal. italy can do it
Italy is a bit bipolar ATM. Meloni is almost in love with Trump (same political view) but at the same time they're proud to sell their weapons to Ukraine.
I only see rotten brains all around.
I think she's just a self-serving opportunist, for better or worse.
Soon there willl be not just Eutelsat it seems:
Vodafone and AST SpaceMobile to provide space-based broadband in Europe
Vodafone and AST SpaceMobile have formed a new satellite service business called SatCo to provide secure space-based cellular broadband connectivity for customers all around Europe. With this, customers all over the continent, even in hard to reach areas, could access the internet on any of their devices [...] According to the current timetable, the new system is set to go live across Europe in 2025 and 2026. The system has already been tested by Vodafone, when, in January, it made a mobile video call in an area without any reception. Hopefully, this will cut down on the reliance of Starlink, and give European consumers more choice.
What's key with this plan is that AST SpaceMobile's satellites will work directly with 4G and 5G devices
That's actually pretty cool. And I'd say a competitive advantage. Everyone already owns a compatible "base station"
An unmodified Samsung Galaxy S22 smartphone.
LTE 4G. A game changer.
A single gateway can serve the entire UK???
"Cold feet" makes it sound like they're being dramatic. Like of course it's off the table now 😅
Love this for him.