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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Business
Karl Matchett

Vodafone bids to take on Elon Musk’s Starlink after ‘world’s first’ space video call

Vodafone have launched their new satellite mobile programme as they look to eliminate zones of no coverage.

The link up with AST SpaceMobile, a Texas-based company, has a target of reaching 100 per cent coverage across the entirety of Europe and will be challenging the likes of Starlink, part of Elon Musk-owned company SpaceX, the Amazon-owned Space Kuiper and OneWeb, which is part of the French organisation Eutelsat.

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