Elon Musk si clashes with Telecom Italia. SpaceX, Musk's space company that he runs Starlink, the high-speed internet service through a network of satellites, has filed a legal action with Agcom against the telecommunications company. The accusation is that Telecom Italia is hindering the introduction of Starlink in Italy. To reveal it is Bloomberg, explaining that the complaint was also presented last week to the Ministry of Industry and Made in Italy.
Elon Musk: here is the complaint about data sharing
Hindering the introduction of satellites could have repercussions for the company's services in southern Europe and northern Africa. Starlink claims that Telecom Italia has not had it for months complied with data sharing regulations of the spectrum to avoid frequency interference, thus creating problems for its equipment.
Elon Musk's company is asking the Ministry of Industry to intervene so that Telecom Italia collaborates on the frequency issue. If the situation is not resolved, Starlink may be forced to withdraw its investment from Italy and other European countries, as stated in the documents seen by Bloomberg.
What is Starlink
Starlink, one constellation of satellites under construction by SpaceX, it offers high-speed, low-latency global satellite internet access. It currently has approx 5.500 satellites and already has 2,6 million customers. The company is a major contractor of the US government's space program and is involved in the national security sector, working on a network of spy satellites for the United States under a $1,8 billion contract signed in 2021 with a American intelligence agency.
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