Dec 21, 2024 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji
The Taiwanese government confirmed this week that it's in talks with Amazon's Project Kuiper subsidiary over a partnership for satellite-based communications. This comes after technology minister Wu Cheng-wen told media earlier this week that the OneWeb network of French satellite operator Eutelsat, which partnered with the island’s state-backed Chunghwa Telecom last year, has fallen short of expectations.
“There are other companies in the Western world, including some from Europe and from North America and Canada, but Amazon Kuiper is the most mature in their development stage so far. So we are discussing with them at this moment if it is possible that we will have a collaboration in the future,” Wu said.
“There are other companies in the Western world, including some from Europe and from North America and Canada, but Amazon Kuiper is the most mature in their development stage so far. So we are discussing with them at this moment if it is possible that we will have a collaboration in the future,” Wu said.
Musk has previously said Taiwan was an integral part of China, as claimed by Beijing, comparing Taiwan to Hawaii, which is a US state. China is the second largest market for Tesla, Musk's electric car business. Amazon is set to begin its constellation launch soon, with services from LEO anticipated to begin next year.
