MANILA, Philippines — American tech billionaire Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) is in talks to bring broadband satellite services to the Philippines through a partnership with fiber internet tycoon Dennis Anthony H. Uy of Pampanga.
Representatives from SpaceX and Uy’s Converge ICT Solutions Inc. met on multiple occasions to discuss a potential venture, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told the Inquirer.
The talks come amid SpaceX’s ongoing deployment of Starlink satellites, which orbit the planet at lower altitudes, promising a more stable internet.
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