In a rapidly evolving technological landscape, two of the world's most influential companies — Elon Musk's SpaceX and Tim Cook's Apple Inc. (AAPL) — are intensifying their competition to dominate the future of satellite-based communications.

Mark Cuban criticized Elon Musk's leadership of DOGE. Speaking on a podcast, he said the Tesla CEO lacked empathy.

Apple's ambitions for the expansion of satellite communications for the iPhone is facing an opponent in Elon Musk, with SpaceX reportedly trying to put a hold on the efforts.

After years of planning, the Trump administration is overhauling a federal universal broadband initiative to open the door to Elon Musk's Starlink satellite service.

SpaceX is preparing to establish its first ground station for Starlink satellites in Vietnam by June, with plans to build 10-15 stations.

Starlink offers high-speed internet and data services via a constellation of 5,600 low-Earth-orbit satellites. Internationally, Starlink provides 2.7 million customers with internet services at speeds ranging from 50 to 200 Mbps.

Still, Starlink faces some hurdles. It will compete with other companies like Eutelsat and China’s SpaceSail, and there are legal challenges, such as how India assigns spectrum. Unlike some countries that auction off spectrum,

Elon Musk took to social media to claim that Starlink, his international telecommunications provider, cannot obtain a license to operate in South Africa because he, as the CEO of SpaceX, is not black.

The new administration has frozen a $42 billion plan to get broadband into rural areas as it shifts toward satellite service from Elon Musk’s Starlink and Jeff Bezos’s Kuiper. A majority of ...

Vietnam will allow Elon Musk’s Starlink to provide satellite internet services in the country for a pilot period of five years, with a maximum of 600,000 subscribers, after the government pushed through regulatory changes.