Category: Starlink

  • Elon Musk’s Starlink set to transform rural UK connectivity as satellite race heats up

    When Olivia Lott left her job in London to move to a village in rural Devon, she expected a quieter pace of life – but not the almost complete absence of mobile reception. With patchy phone signals forcing her to climb hillsides just to make a call, Lotte eventually resorted…

  • Starlink gains 0.5pc of Kenya’s internet market in first year

    Billionaire Elon Musk’s Tesla satellite internet company, Starlink, captured a 0.5 percent share of Kenya’s internet market in its first full year of operation in the country, amassing a subscriber base totaling 8,063 users at the end of June this year, according to For new data. New statistics from the…

  • President Ruto backs Starlink rivalry with Safaricom

    Kenyan President William Ruto has backed US billionaire Elon Musk’s Starlink venture into Kenya amid a plea from Safaricom to reconsider licensing satellite internet providers. Dr Ruto said at a US-Kenya Business and Investment Roundtable that Starlink’s entry is in line with the government’s policy of deepening internet penetration and…

  • Brazil’s telecom regulator Anatel could revoke Starlink license, says official By Reuters

    (fix typo in second paragraph) Written by Ricardo Brito and Luciana Magalhaes BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s telecom regulator Anatel said on Monday it could impose sanctions on Starlink, the satellite internet provider controlled by Elon Musk, for failing to comply with the country’s rules and possibly revoke its license…

  • Starlink stirs rivalry with planned Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi entry

    Starlink, the internet services company owned by billionaire Elon Musk, aims to enter the markets of Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and Zimbabwe by the end of this year, hoping to strengthen its presence in the region and spark competition with established telecom companies. In a schematic posted on its website, the…