Starlink is expanding globally as African adoption grows and competitor Amazon's Project Kuiper reaches operational capacity. SpaceX continues launching satellites, cuts prices in some U.S. markets, and faces regulatory pushback from the EU over satellite phone services.
·Amazon's Project Kuiper has enough satellites deployed to begin broadband service later this year, challenging Starlink's market dominance
·African nations increasingly adopt Starlink for internet access, expanding the satellite network's geographic footprint
·SpaceX deployed 24 more Starlink satellites via Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base
·EU is restricting Starlink's satellite telephony capabilities, forcing the company to push back against regulatory constraints
·Starlink reduced internet prices in Memphis after opposition to a planned data center location
drawn from The Economist, PCMag, GeekWire, Seeking Alpha · updated 18h ago