For subscribers

Europe is best placed to break Starlink’s global grip

Asia is embracing Elon Musk’s satellite internet to boost broadband – but must back alternatives to avoid reliance on one capricious provider.

Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox

People gather around to use satellite internet from a Starlink connection after the Russians blew up the communications tower in Kherson, Ukraine, in November 2022.

People gather around to use satellite internet from a Starlink connection after the Russians blew up the communications tower in Kherson, Ukraine, in November 2022.

PHOTO: LYNSEY ADDARIO/NYTIMES

Follow topic:

Each passing day of Mr Donald Trump’s return to the White House delivers an unmistakable message to the European Union: contempt.

The US President himself has even suggested that the bloc was created solely to “screw” America.

See more on