Nigerian regulator grants Starlink permission to "beam their signals till November 2026 over Nigerian territory"https://ncc.gov.ng/technical-regulation/spectrum/space-services. (via @mikejensen)I was under the impression that Starlink did not have any service over equatorial areas yet. Forward thinking perhaps.
The Commission has authorized Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) Satellite Constellation for its full constellation of 4408 satellites and issued a Landing Permit with a duration of six (6) years to SpaceXs 893 satellites launched at time of application to the Commission. The satellite constellation can beam their signals till November 2026 over Nigerian territory. This Landing Permit is subject to review and extension pending SpaceXs launching of its full constellation of 4408 satellites.
The Starlink team is expanding their international service this week--here’s a snapshot of where we’re headed:Germany: launching this week in parts of western Germany and expanding in the coming weeksUnited Kingdom: expanding coverage beyond southern England to include parts of Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern EnglandNew Zealand: launching in parts of the South Island and expanding in the coming weeksYou can check availability for your location on starlink.com by entering your service address. If Starlink is not yet available in your area, you can place a deposit to hold your space in line for future service. All orders are first come, first served.
The amendment defended by La France Insoumise against Starlink was declared inadmissible in Parliament.There will be no moratorium on Starlink in France, at least not within the framework of the bill to combat climate change and strengthen resilience in the face of its effects. The amendment carried by the seventeen members of France Insoumise was declared inadmissible by the rules of the National Assembly. It was therefore, in fact, rejected before its consideration in committee.The purpose of the amendment was to institute a suspension of Starlink operations in France for at least a year. During this period, the aim was to conduct a national consultation to collect public opinion on this proposed high-speed satellite Internet offer. A rejection would likely have greatly complicated Starlink's plans in France.
Apparently there's an attempt to stop Starlink in the France Parliament, but it was defeated:L’Assemblée nationale balaie le « moratoire Starlink » proposé par la France InsoumiseGoogle Translated:QuoteThe amendment defended by La France Insoumise against Starlink was declared inadmissible in Parliament.There will be no moratorium on Starlink in France, at least not within the framework of the bill to combat climate change and strengthen resilience in the face of its effects. The amendment carried by the seventeen members of France Insoumise was declared inadmissible by the rules of the National Assembly. It was therefore, in fact, rejected before its consideration in committee.The purpose of the amendment was to institute a suspension of Starlink operations in France for at least a year. During this period, the aim was to conduct a national consultation to collect public opinion on this proposed high-speed satellite Internet offer. A rejection would likely have greatly complicated Starlink's plans in France."La France Insoumise is a democratic socialist, left-wing populist political party in France" according to Wikipedia.
Elon Musk has signed up telecoms mast company Arqiva to provide ground stations that will let him spread his satellite broadband service across Britain.The SpaceX billionaire’s satellite internet service, Starlink, will use ground infrastructure provided by the Crawley headquartered company for its communications, a space industry insider said.Arqiva has large ground station dishes across the home counties with sites at Chalfont Grove in Buckinghamshire as well as Bedfordshire, Suffolk and Hampshire. An Arqiva spokesperson declined to comment....
It appears that Starlink is facing a challenge in India, a country expected to receive coverage from the satellite internet system sometime next year. The opposition against Starlink was initiated by the Broadband India Forum, which has written a request to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). The forum asked the bodies to block SpaceX from pre-selling the beta version of the satellite internet service in the country.
While SpaceX has already registered as a company in South Africa with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission, approval to provide Internet services via Starlink would fall to the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA).ICASA previously told MyBroadband that it had held discussions with SpaceX, but that the company still needed to apply for an Individual Electronic Communications Network Service (I-ECNS) and Individual Electronics Communications Service (I-ECS) license to provide its satellite-based broadband Internet locally.In addition, it would have to acquire a Radio Frequency Spectrum licence to allow for Starlink to communicate on specified frequency spectrum bands for satellite broadband services.There is one major problem, however.ICASA recently published new regulations which require all telecoms licensees in the country – including ISPs – to have black owners.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX must have black ownership to launch Starlink in South Africa – ICASAQuoteWhile SpaceX has already registered as a company in South Africa with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission, approval to provide Internet services via Starlink would fall to the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA).ICASA previously told MyBroadband that it had held discussions with SpaceX, but that the company still needed to apply for an Individual Electronic Communications Network Service (I-ECNS) and Individual Electronics Communications Service (I-ECS) license to provide its satellite-based broadband Internet locally.In addition, it would have to acquire a Radio Frequency Spectrum licence to allow for Starlink to communicate on specified frequency spectrum bands for satellite broadband services.There is one major problem, however.ICASA recently published new regulations which require all telecoms licensees in the country – including ISPs – to have black owners.
Yep. South Africa has pretty extreme black ownership laws. Essentially a percentage of the company has to be given away for no value add - often to politically connected individuals.
Might be worth just leaving them out of the service entirely. South Africa actually has pretty decent internet in urban areas, and the people in rural areas generally don’t have the money for a $100/month service anyway.So no big loss from a revenue point of view.
Quote from: M.E.T. on 04/22/2021 08:18 amMight be worth just leaving them out of the service entirely. South Africa actually has pretty decent internet in urban areas, and the people in rural areas generally don’t have the money for a $100/month service anyway.So no big loss from a revenue point of view. That's no less true than the last 50 times someone said it. A Starlink terminal doesn't have to be for one person. A $40 wifi 9db omni could easily cover a small village. And not everyone bases their lives on maximum revenue.
Starlink still has to make a buck, and as we've seen with Tesla, Elon's businesses pursue profitability fairly ruthlessly with very high costs for different options, or even the licenses to turn on stuff that's already built into the car through software. Not every Starlink customer has to have their own dish, sure, but if there aren't enough people to buy dishes, it may end up, rather literally, being more trouble than its worth for the time being.
American space company, Space Exploration Technologies, SpaceX, has expressed interest to bring its Starlink satellite internet into Nigeria.The company has already entered into advanced discussions with the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, to ensure the move cascades into a successful technology transfer project. Starlink’s Market Access Director for Africa, Ryan Goodnight along with SpaceX consultant, Levin Born paid a visit to the NCC where they expressed interest to obtain a licence to operate the satellite internet in the country.
The American businessman Elon Musk obtained the official permit with which he can sell satellite wireless Internet products in Mexico through the Starlink brand , which in this country is managed by the company Starlink Satellite Systems México, S. de RL de CVThis company, recently established before the tax authorities, processed the corresponding permit with the Federal Telecommunications Institute ( IFT ) and that authority gave it an enabling title known as "authorization" to send and receive satellite signals to and from foreign satellites. with coverage in Mexico.
