The keys: a united front of European telecoms against Starlink
Telefónica, Deutsche Telekom, Orange and Vodafone are teaming up to take on Elon Musk.
SpaceX's Starlink is a major business for Elon Musk's company, with a large fleet of satellites that could give it an edge when Direct-to-Device technology is fully developed, allowing mobile phones to connect directly to satellites. European telecoms companies are now looking to join forces to compete with Starlink on a large scale. Starlink already offers its own satellite mobile phone services.
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