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Starlink has implicit 6,000 satellites that connection net connectivity successful implicit 100 countries. (Image Source: Oleg Kutkov/X)
The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia said connected Thursday it has issued a cease-and-desist bid to Elon Musk’s outer net supplier Starlink for operating successful the state without a license.
Starlink, the outer portion of SpaceX, operates successful respective African countries but has faced regulatory challenges successful others and absorption from authorities telecom monopolies.
Starlink has submitted an exertion for a telecommunications work licence successful Namibia, nevertheless the regulator has not issued the licence arsenic the exertion is nether review.
“Following an investigation, CRAN has established that Starlink is operating a web wrong Namibia without the required telecommunications license,” CRAN said successful a statement.
“On 26 November 2024, the Authority issued a cease-and-desist bid to Starlink, instructing the institution to instantly cease each operations successful Namibia.”
SpaceX did not instantly respond to a petition for comment.
The regulator besides advised the nationalist not to acquisition Starlink terminal instrumentality oregon subscribe to its services, arsenic specified activities are amerciable successful Namibia.
Its investigators person already confiscated amerciable terminals from consumers and person opened transgression cases with the Namibian Police successful this regard, it added.
Earlier this year, Cameroon ordered the seizure of Starlink instrumentality astatine ports arsenic it was not licensed.
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