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Sen. Tommy Tuberville voted against a bill that just gave his state $1.4 billion for rural broadband. He's celebrating it anyway.
Tuberville joined most Republicans in voting against the bipartisan infrastructure law in 2021, des…
Bryan Metzger
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SpaceX is on a stunning streak with Starlink, Elon Musk's plan to bathe Earth in high-speed internet. But the scheme isn't without big snags.
SpaceX is ahead of competitors with its internet-beaming satellites. But they could create crowded …
Dave Mosher
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Women, unemployed, rural poor lag due to digital divide, says Oxfam India Report
The percentage of men owning phones is as high as 61 per cent while only 31 per cent of the wome…
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Agitating farmers announce nationwide 'chakka jam' on February 6 to protest against the Internet ban
Union leaders told a press conference at the Singhu Border, on the Haryana side, that they will…
PTI
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Dozens of families in rural Texas will get SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet for free in 2021
SpaceX's Starlink network of satellites will initially provide internet to 45 families who do not c…
Kate Duffy
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Internet usership in rural India grew much faster than urban cities, clocks 13% growth to 299 million internet users in 2020: IAMAI-Kantar ICUBE 2020 Report
India is likely to have 900 million active Internet users by 2025 against 622 million in 2020, a 45…
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The first Starlink user in the UK tells us what it's like going from zero broadband to zippy internet speeds in rural England
Northern US, southern Canada and now parts of Europe are taking part in Starlink's "Better Than Not…
Kate Duffy
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I moved from NYC to rural Vermont and had to figure out how to get a strong, high-quality internet connection on my own. I tried it all - here's what works.
From satellite internet, to boosting cell phone signal, to jimmying together some wild antenna rigs…
Alex Lockie
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Online is the second largest consumed media after television in rural India: Kantar and GroupM report
WhatsApp and Facebook are the most used social media/ messenger platforms
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SpaceX's Starlink internet public beta is giving some users blistering download speeds of more than 210 Mbps, including in rural Montana
People in SpaceX's Starlink beta are uploading screenshots of their speed tests - and some are fast…
Kate Duffy
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SpaceX's internet has changed our lives — and saved us money — say some Starlink users
One customer said he couldn't video call his doctor before SpaceX's Starlink internet, while anothe…
Kate Duffy
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Elon Musk says SpaceX has sent 15,000 Starlink internet kits to Ukraine over the past 3 months
This is the first time SpaceX has announced the number of Starlink kits delivered to Ukraine since …
Kate Duffy
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Starlink's speed tests may look impressive, but experts say SpaceX's satellite-internet project is unlikely to win any federal subsidies
Telecommunications experts said Elon Musk's aerospace company would struggle to win $16 billion tha…
Dave Mosher
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Spike in internet use in rural areas during COVID-19 lockdown: Karnataka minister
Noting that through BharatNet, several government schemes are being implemented in rural areas, Civ…
PTI
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OPINION: Rural education in India needs a comprehensive digital booster—one child at a time
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), in partnership with Meta, has released the Inclusive Interne…
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smallcase launches its maiden campaign to reach out to first-time investors; encourages them to invest in ideas and growing sectors
smallcase is reaching out to millions of new investors who have recently opened Demat accounts
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Royal Caribbean taps SpaceX's Starlink for internet on its ships
The company will be the first in the cruise industry to install Starlink on its ships. Installation…
Grace Kay
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India’s richest billionaires are fast catching up while Elon Musk struggles for satellite broadband licence
Reliance Jio, owned by Ambani, has formed a joint venture (JV) with SES, a satellite-based con…
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SpaceX is betting big on its UK Starlink rollout, and is in talks to become part of the government's $6.9 billion 'Project Gigabit' plan for rural internet
UK officials have confirmed that SpaceX's Starlink was being considered for getting internet to har…
Kate Duffy
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Elon Musk says SpaceX's Starlink internet is active on all 7 continents
SpaceX was recently denied an $886 million subsidy from the Federal Communications Commission to ex…