Elon Musk’s Starlink appears to be making preparations to enter the South African market.
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Amazon has booked three Falcon 9 launches with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to help deploy Starlink rival Project Kuiper.
Icasa has slammed companies that have reportedly been selling Starlink satellite internet terminals in South Africa.
NEC XON will sell OneWeb’s low-Earth-orbit satellite solutions in sub-Saharan Africa, including South Africa.
Satellite providers are helping telecoms operators connect rural and remote communities on the African continent.
Zambia is one of the cheapest countries for Starlink satellite internet services in the world; the US is most expensive.
All nations in Southern Africa – except South Africa – will have access to Starlink services by the end of next year.
Amazon’s first pair of prototype satellites for its planned Kuiper internet network were launched into space on Friday.
Zambia is the newest in a growing list of African countries to have SpaceX-owned Starlink go live.
SpaceX will partner with e-commerce firm Jumia Technologies to expand its Starlink satellite broadband services in Africa.