With its relatively cheap pricing, quality of service, and Starlink’s promise to launch in 14 more African markets in 2025, ...

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A multinational mining giant conducted a successful pilot of Starlink’s technology in South Africa — with Icasa’s permission.

SpaceX’s Starlink broadband-by-satellite system could soon be legitimately be available to South African residents. Local ...

SpaceX has told Icasa that it ought to rethink the rules requiring 30% shareholding by “historically disadvantaged” groups.

By December 2024, South Africa recorded 10.8 million 5G subscribers, comprising mobile 5G and fixed-wireless users. “This ...

Starlink has refused to comply with the country’s BEE (Black Economic Empowerment) – 30 per cent ownership to local historically disadvantaged people. Icasa claimed that it has not received any ...

Starlink has begun beta-testing its direct-to-mobile service on Monday for a project that could shake up the global telecom­munications industry. Direct-to-mobile connectivity al­lows satellites to ...

For nearly four years, the South African telecommunications industry faced uncertainty following the publication of new local ...

The prospect of SpaceX’s high-profile Starlink internet service being licensed in South Africa has raised questions around ...

Oral hearings for the proposed new licensing framework for satellite services are happening next week, with SpaceX listed to ...

Starlink is having a profitable time in at least five African countries where its broadband-by-satellite service is available ...