Are telco tycoons Manuel V. Pangilinan, the Ayalas, Dennis Anthony Uy and Dennis Uy worried that the entry of Internet from space Starlink, owned by the richest man on earth Elon Musk, will cost them subscribers?
The ongoing shortage in semiconductor chip troubling manufacturers around the world may hit producers of low earth orbit satellites that telco firms rely on for space-based services.
The global shortage in semiconductors may impact local telco companies’ transition to new technologies to improve connectivity in remote areas, according to an executive of telco giant PLDT.
PLDT Inc.’s wireless unit Smart Communications Inc. will soon test the viability of space-based internet for smartphone users by hooking up to a prototype satellite launched last weekend.
Local telcos are gearing up for US billionaire Elon Musk’s satellite firm’s entry into the Philippines, but still want government to provide them with subsidies to fully compete.