Nigeria and Mozambique beat South Africa to Starlink approval

[Hanno Labuschagne]

Nigeria and Mozambique beat South Africa to Starlink approval

SpaceX and its CEO Elon Musk have announced that Mozambique and Nigeria are the first two African countries to grant regulatory approval to its Starlink satellite Internet service.

According to Starlink’s coverage map, the service will go live in Nigeria in the third quarter of 2022, while Mozambique will get coverage in the fourth quarter.

The rest of the continent’s countries, including South Africa, still show “Starting in 2023” as their estimated live dates for the service.

 

[system32]

Starlink faces several potential obstacles to its rollout in South Africa, one being Icasa itself.

Here's a question for ICASA:
Q1: How's that 30% AA & BBBEE requirement for Starlink going?
Q2: Is Elon Musk going to cave in to racists?

Mozambique and Nigeria got Starlink first despite Starlink/ICASA negotiations starting 15 months ago - you should be ashamed.

Racist AA & BBBEE - really not helping South Africa be competitive and having access to useful technology.

See:
SpaceX must have 30% black ownership to launch Starlink in South Africa – ICASA
https://mybroadband.co.za/forum/thr...nch-starlink-in-south-africa-–-icasa.1133571/

 

[Peon]

Proudly brought to you by the anc government.
- Incompetence Foreva!

 

[TEXTILE GUY]

 

[Grubscrew]

How much regulation went into deploying it Ukraine? I will just pop over the border and buy receiver and register and bring it back home.

 

[Kosmik]

How much regulation went into deploying it Ukraine? I will just pop over the border and buy receiver and register and bring it back home.

Groundstations need government approval/deployment.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/spacexs-starlink-drops-proposals-for-two-of-three-planned-ground-stations-in-france/&ved=2ahUKEwiNr__wzYH4AhWRecAKHf6ZA5QQFnoECAQQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1kVoMiJPFK7OXJY9-c27FY

That being said, if neighboring countries have granted permission for groundstation presence, gov is f*****. It will be in range for us and we already use other countries network stations ie: main internet cables etc.

 

[Grubscrew]

Groundstations need government approval/deployment.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/spacexs-starlink-drops-proposals-for-two-of-three-planned-ground-stations-in-france/&ved=2ahUKEwiNr__wzYH4AhWRecAKHf6ZA5QQFnoECAQQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1kVoMiJPFK7OXJY9-c27FY

That being said, if neighboring countries have granted permission for groundstation presence, gov is f*****. It will be in range for us and we already use other countries network stations ie: main internet cables etc.

So with stations, in Gabarone, Maputo, Eswatini, South of Namibia and Lesotho....

 

[Kosmik]

So with stations, in Gabarone, Maputo, Eswatini, South of Namibia and Lesotho....

Should yes.

 

[system32]

Groundstations need government approval/deployment.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/spacexs-starlink-drops-proposals-for-two-of-three-planned-ground-stations-in-france/&ved=2ahUKEwiNr__wzYH4AhWRecAKHf6ZA5QQFnoECAQQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1kVoMiJPFK7OXJY9-c27FY

That being said, if neighboring countries have granted permission for groundstation presence, gov is f*****. It will be in range for us and we already use other countries network stations ie: main internet cables etc.

StarLink v1.5/v2 satellites use space lasers, so the requirement for ground stations reduces dramatically.

How do you put a ground stations in the ocean?

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