Safaricom wants regulators to consider requiring satellite internet providers to partner with local mobile network operators.
telecommunications company, Vodacom Group affiliate Safaricom , has urged regulators to consider requiring satellite internet providers such as Elon Musk’s Starlink to partner with local mobile network operators ., a unit of SpaceX, operates in several African countries but has faced regulatory challenges registering in others. It launched in Kenya in July last year.
Starlink operates in several African countries but has faced regulatory challenges registering in others “Satellite coverage inherently spans multiple territorial borders and in doing so has the potential to illegally provide services and cause harmful interference within the territorial borders of the Republic of Kenya,” the letter said.
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