American tech billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX on Wednesday announced that its Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite internet service Starlink is now available in the Philippines.
Map shows SpaceX's Starlink service available in the Philippines. SpaceX Twitter
Early this month, Data Lake — a data company led by tycoon Henry Sy Jr. — announced it is expediting theData Lake said it is the first Starlink integrator in the country. In July last year, it was announced that Starlink Internet Services Philippines, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Elon Musk’s SpaceX, would launch its Low Earth Orbit satellite internet services in the Philippines by December 2022.
Starlink is seen to be able to provide high-speed broadband internet to end-users, including remote areas, as it uses satellites positioned in low-Earth orbit than the conventional and more costly underground fiber optic cables.
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