WASHINGTON ¨C Elon Musk¡¯s SpaceX, fresh off the successful launch this month of the world¡¯s most powerful rocket, won an endorsement on Wednesday from the top U.S. communications regulator to build a broadband network using satellites.
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai proposed the approval of an application by SpaceX to provide broadband services using satellites in the United States and worldwide.
¡°Satellite technology can help reach Americans who live in rural or hard-to-serve places where fiber optic cables and cell towers do not reach,¡± Pai said in a statement.
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