Starlink to Shake Up Southeast Asian Satellite Market – Nikkei

A recent Starlink satellite launch by SpaceX. Its Falcon 9 rocket has been used for repeated satellite launches. Photo: SpaceX.

Satellite-based internet service providers are mushrooming in Southeast Asia in what could spell respite for netizens in the region who till now had to struggle with patchy network connections, Nikkei Asia reported.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is the latest company to enter the region, with plans to launch satellite internet service in Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and Myanmar by next year, the report said.

Read the full report: Nikkei Asia.

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