Elon Musk announced that his Starlink satellite internet service had been granted a license in Somalia.

Starlink’s network of low Earth orbit satellites can provide internet to remote locations or areas with standard communications infrastructure disabled.

Roughly 30 percent of Somalia’s population has access to the internet, according to the World Bank in 2022, but regular connectivity is frequently stymied by the country’s poor infrastructure.

“Starlink now in Somalia!” Musk said in a post on X, without giving any further details.

“Today is another historic day for Somalia’s communications and technology sectors; today we have issued here and provided Starlink, one of the major satellite telecommunications and internet services company the license to operate in Somalia,” a post on state media outlet Sonna said.

Source: Arab News 

BDST: 1017 HRS, April 15, 2025
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