Tag: Starlink
Vodafone, Amazon team up to compete with embattled Starlink in Africa
Vodafone is teaming up with Amazon's Low Earth Orbit satellite (LEO) communications initiative, and Project Kuiper to extend the reach of 4G/5G services to...
Starlink is illegal in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe’s communications regulator, the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ), has issued a warning against the unlicensed sale and use of Starlink...
Starlink banned in South Africa over lack of local content
South Africa’s ICT regulator, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has asked IT Lec, a local Internet service provider (ISP), to stop...
Starlink sellers being arrested in Senegal
The Senegalese government is taking its internet shutdown very seriously as it causes the arrest of persons selling Elon Musk’s Starlink startup kits.
It has...
Safaricom to give Starlink competition in Satellite internet space
Elon Musk’s Starlink will face a new rival in Kenya's satellite space as Kenya’s top telecoms company, Safaricom partners with AST SpaceMobile to launch...
Elon Musk’s net worth drops by $18 billion in 1 day
World’s wealthiest individual, Elon Musk experienced a significant financial setback, losing a staggering $18 billion in just one day due to Tesla’s shares plummeting...
Starlink now available in Kenya, set for Ghana Q4 2023
Elon Musk’s Starlink has announced the availability of its satellite broadband internet service in Kenya, with the East African nation becoming the latest on...
Rwandan startup PayDay lands deal with Starlink
Rwandan FinTech start-up Payday has announced a partnership deal that will enable Startlink customers in the country to purchase their subscription services through Payday’s platform.
The...
More competition for Musk’s Starlink as SES, Intelsat discuss merger
After decades of competing against each other, two Luxembourg-based satellite rivals are weighing a merger to take on a space industry upstart — billionaire...
Starlink rival OneWeb to launch global Internet coverage this year
OneWeb has launched the final 36 satellites of its initial 616-satellite “constellation”, allowing the rival of Elon Musk’s Starlink to offer global broadband coverage...