Why Starlink has not applied for a licence in South Africa

[mylesillidge]

Why Starlink has not applied for a licence in South Africa

Communications minister Solly Malatsi says the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has yet to receive any licence applications from SpaceX's Starlink.

ANC MP and member of the Portfolio Committee on Communications and Digital Technologies, Imraan Subrathie, asked the minister about the status of Starlink's licence application before ICASA.

 

[Crowley]

Can has to fix headline the

 

[oros]

Will this even happen one day??? Seriously?? Maybe when I'm 80 years old....

 

[notinterested]

Me also hasn't application.

 

[bwana]

Truth about Starlink's hasn't application for a licence to operate in South Africa

My high school English teacher just died a little bit more inside...

Edit - turns out he's still alive

 

[The Gilded]

Because they know it's a waste of time. Starlink will not be approved here. Go cry.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Because they know it's a waste of time. Starlink will not be approved here. Go cry.

They will eventually. Nobody refuses a trillionairre.

 

[Swa]

So let me get this, they didn't apply for something they aren't eligible for?

 

[zerocool2009]

B-E-E….. simple! Empowering a certain group, take money and run! Zero clue about business ethics’s

 

[Hemi300c]

Because they don't support lazy, useless, corrupt, criminal, racists.

 

[Pegging]

We will get GTA6 before the ANC let’s us get Starlink.

 

[Vrotappel]

Why would Starlink apply for Black Elite Enrichment?

 

[neoprema]

They gonna be even more jealous now that Elon's a trillionaire and they can't be through their BEE lol.

 

[SauRoNZA]

Why apply when it just works without it?

 

[Thorium]

Why apply when it just works without it?

True.

 

[Adenoid Hynkel]

Why apply when it just works without it?

For how long exactly? Last I heard it will work for a week when roaming in SA.

 

[SauRoNZA]

For how long exactly? Last I heard it will work for a week when roaming in SA.

What they say on the outside and what happens on the inside aren’t always one and the same thing are they?

 

[TheMightyQuin]

ANC: Dear Starlink, you aren't eligible for a license.

Also ANC: Why you not apply for license?

The ANC wants 30% ownership as a bribe...Elon told them to go fuk themselves.

That is the reason and the only reason.

 

[Adenoid Hynkel]

What they say on the outside and what happens on the inside aren’t always one and the same thing are they?

That’s a lot of words to not answer a simple how long question. If you don't know the actual timeframe, just say that.

 

[Jefferson D'Arcy]

The ANC wants 30% ownership as a bribe...Elon told them to go fuk themselves.

That is the reason and the only reason.

Remember that the 30% sounds pretty innocuous and benign. It is far worse than that of course.

Voting rights, inflated dividends, hiring of crap-tier friends and family, big pay rises, sucking up to unions - ultimately the 100% gets asset stripped and service levels sink.