Q-KON CEO Dawie de Wet writes on the reciprocal relationship between two important emerging technologies.
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A senior MP has accused the communications minister of seeking to erode the country’s laws on local ownership.
Amazon.com plans to launch the first 27 satellites for its Project Kuiper internet network next week.
US President Donald Trump’s administration is nominating Leo Brent Bozell III as ambassador to South Africa.
SpaceX has urged the US to address trade barriers affecting its Starlink satellite service in foreign countries.
South Africa isn’t the only country in Southern Africa where Elon Musk is facing pushback over the licensing of Starlink.
Elon Musk has drawn an angry response for claiming Starlink is “not allowed to operate in South Africa because I’m not black”.
Geopolitical developments have raised the prospect of OneWeb satellites replacing Elon Musk’s Starlink in Ukraine.
Regulation and government policies have hampered the growth of coverage across South Africa. This needs to change.
Elon Musk’s Starlink communications network is facing increasingly stiff challenges to its dominance of high-speed satellite internet.