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WSJ Tech News Briefing

TNB Tech Minute: SpaceX Asked Rivals to Share Spectrum Rights

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

Tech News, News

4.31.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2024

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Plus, Amazon plans to add 20 cities to its same-day pharmacy delivery business. And Chinese tech company Baidu is seeking to roll out its robotaxis overseas. Zoe Thomas hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Z-Scaler extended its Zero Trust architecture with powerful AI engines trained by 500 trillion daily signals

0:07.8

to prevent ransomware and AI attacks that target business.

0:11.7

Z-scaler Zero Trust plus AI. Learn more at Z-scaler

0:16.1

dot com slash zero-trust AI. Here's your TMB Tech Tech Minute for Wednesday, October 9th. I'm Zoe Thomas for the Wall Street Journal.

0:27.0

We exclusively report that SpaceX asked rivals to share their so-called spectrum rights with its star-link broadband

0:35.6

internet business before agreeing to launch their equipment into orbit.

0:40.1

That's according to people familiar with the matter.

0:43.0

Access to Spectrum is important for Starlink to provide clear services and expanded service in markets around the world.

0:50.0

The move demonstrates how Elon Musk's SpaceX can flex its position as the world's primary rocket

0:56.3

launcher to benefit another part of its business.

0:59.3

A law firm met with the Justice Department's antitrust division on behalf of some satellite and rocket

1:04.6

companies to bring attention to these deals and discuss whether SpaceX is abusing its market

1:10.0

power.

1:11.0

That's according to people familiar with the meetings.

1:13.6

Neither the law firm nor the Justice Department responded to requests for comment.

1:18.4

A SpaceX spokesman said the company can't force another satellite operator to reach a spectrum coordination agreement

1:25.2

or force inequitable terms because the agreements in question must be ratified by governments

1:30.9

ensuring their fare.

1:33.3

Amazon plans to expand its pharmacy business by offering same-day delivery of medications

1:38.6

in 20 new cities across the U.S. next year.

1:41.9

The e-commerce giant says the expansion will more than double the number of

1:45.7

cities where customers can get same-day delivery of medications and that about

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