The German Ministry of Transport indicated that the German government will help citizens in rural areas better access to the Internet. The specific methods are wireless communications. Broadband companies provide subsidies, such as the Starlink satellite broadband service founded by Musk.
The Ministry of Transportation stated that this subsidy program is mainly aimed at companies that use wireless means to provide network access services in rural areas, including satellite broadband companies or companies that provide direct wireless communication links.
The Ministry of Transportation stated that the details of this subsidy program are being discussed and formulated, and the goal of the entire program is to subsidize consumers’ spending on technology equipment. The Ministry of Transportation emphasized that consumers will not receive government subsidies for their monthly subscription expenditures for wireless broadband services.
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According to a report from a German financial daily newspaper, the German government will provide subsidies for satellite communication antennas (commonly known as “little pots”) served by SpaceX and similar equipment from other companies. The subsidy amount is 500 Euros per household (approximately 3880). Yuan Renminbi).
Before the German government introduced this subsidy policy, in mid-May, German Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer had just met with SpaceX founder Musk. The place where the two met was Musk’s electric car company. Tesla’s new factory site near the German capital Berlin.
Currently, SpaceX’s Starlink business has begun to provide satellite broadband services to society, with a monthly subscription fee of 99 Euros. In early May, Musk disclosed that SpaceX had already received 500,000 consumer subscriptions for Starlink broadband services.
The company plans to deploy a total of 12,000 communication satellites in low space orbits in the future. Musk has disclosed in the past that the deployment cost of the entire satellite network for Starlink broadband services is approximately US$10 billion.
As we all know, launching rockets into outer space is a capital-intensive business, but as the world’s two richest billionaires, Amazon founders Bezos and Musk have invested heavily in this field in the past few years. In addition, Amazon also plans to launch satellite broadband services in the future like SpaceX.
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