{"id":936438,"date":"2025-06-05T08:25:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T02:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=936438"},"modified":"2025-06-05T08:43:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T03:13:39","slug":"elon-musk-gave-apple-5billion-ultimatum-to-tim-cook-he-refused-faced-consequences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2025\/06\/05\/elon-musk-gave-apple-5billion-ultimatum-to-tim-cook-he-refused-faced-consequences\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk gave Apple $5Billion ultimatum to Tim Cook \u2013 He refused, faced consequences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the weeks leading up to the iPhone 14\u2019s 2022 launch, Elon Musk approached Apple with an audacious offer that would ignite a high-stakes battle over satellite connectivity. The SpaceX founder proposed a $5 billion deal to bring Starlink satellite service to iPhones, warning that a rejection would lead to the creation of a rival system. Apple declined\u2014and the conflict has only intensified since.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the weeks leading up to the iPhone 14\u2019s 2022 launch, Elon Musk approached Apple with an audacious offer that would ignite a high-stakes battle over satellite connectivity. The SpaceX founder proposed a $5 billion deal to bring Starlink satellite service to iPhones, warning that a rejection would lead to the creation of a rival system. Apple declined\u2014and the conflict has only intensified since.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,64,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-936438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-telecom-the-financial-express","category-the-financial-express"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=936438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936438\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=936438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=936438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=936438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}