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Europe takes on Starlink with $11.5 billion IRIS² satellite constellation

Network World

The project will be jointly developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) and SpaceRISE, a consortium of satellite industry leaders, and positions itself as Europes strategic alternative to commercial networks such as SpaceXs Starlink. It offers satellite internet to businesses, military agencies, and rural regions. billion ($11.1

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Bridging continents: The role of connectivity in Africa’s digital transformation

CIO Business Intelligence

While expanded internet access drives digital growth and opens opportunities for the adoption of more digital solutions, challenges remain in meeting the continents connectivity needs. Take the regional economic community of 16 countries known as the Southern African Development Community (SADC), for example.

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Gartner: Top 10 strategic technology trends for 2025

Network World

Post-quantum cryptography Gartner predicts that by 2029, advances in quantum computing will make most conventional asymmetric cryptography unsafe to use. Asymmetric encryption is in almost all software, billions of devices worldwide, and most of the communications over the internet.

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Buyer’s guide: Data protection for hybrid clouds

Network World

Data is now scattered across internet of things (IoT) devices, remote endpoints, edge locations, and several types of cloud providers. The DPaaS market was estimated at $25 billion in 2024 and is expected to grow 33% a year, hitting $100 billion by 2029, according to research firm Mordor Intelligence.

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Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite network sets up logistics site and training program

GeekWire

Project Kuiper is Amazon’s $10 billion effort to build and launch more than 3,000 satellites that will offer high-speed internet access to tens of millions of people around the world. Amazon Photo) Project Kuiper is far behind SpaceX’s Starlink network when it comes to providing high-speed internet access from low Earth orbit.

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Facebook’s satellite connectivity team switches over to Amazon’s Project Kuiper

GeekWire

Facebook has struck a deal to have more than a dozen of its wireless internet experts move over to Amazon to work on its Project Kuiper satellite broadband network, The Information reported today. not far from where SpaceX has its Starlink satellite development and manufacturing facilities. Amazon Graphic).

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Amazon vows to invest $10B in Kuiper satellites after getting FCC’s go-ahead

GeekWire

The Federal Communications Commission has authorized Amazon’s plans for a Project Kuiper constellation of 3,236 satellites that would provide broadband internet access across a wide swath of the globe — but on the condition that it doesn’t unduly interfere with previously authorized satellite ventures. (Credit: OneWeb).

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