Some people expected South Africa to get favourable treatment in the Starlink rollout given that the project is the brainchild of one of the country’s greatest exports — Elon Musk.
At least 20 African countries have either rolled out or are set to get Starlink before South Africa, according to the service’sIt is supported by a network of over 3,000 low-earth orbit satellites which SpaceX has been launching in batches since 2019.
It could prove particularly useful in rural areas with limited or no mobile connectivity or fixed broadband access. Such communities are plentiful in South Africa. The service dates are informed by whether Starlink has reached sufficient satellite capacity to service particular areas and if it has received approval from the relevant local regulator to proceed with a rollout.
Icasa told MyBroadband that SpaceX would require an electronics communications services licence and an electronic communications networks service licence to provide Starlink in South Africa. SpaceX is a private company whose exact ownership makeup is unknown, making it difficult to determine whether it would meet such a threshold.
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