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Starlink Submits Application To Operate In Zimbabwe

10 months agoThu, 25 Apr 2024 05:53:42 GMT
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Starlink Submits Application To Operate In Zimbabwe

Global satellite internet provider, Starlink, has applied to operate in Zimbabwe, the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) has confirmed.

Earlier this month, the government of Zimbabwe instructed Starlink to shut down services as it had not been licenced to operate in the country.

Users of the service subsequently received an email from the satellite internet service provider, advising them it had been directed to disable services.

Speaking during a question and answer session on Tuesday at a business function organised by the Ministry of Information Communication Technology (ICTs), Postal and Courier Services on the sidelines of the ongoing 64th edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF), POTRAZ director-general Gift Machengete said (via The Herald):

Then, why is Starlink not operating right now? The simple answer is Starlink had not applied and we would be foolish to go then and say come and apply, please.

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Now they have come to apply and we are in the process of looking at their application.

We are also a regulator, we need to see how we regulate them. We also have to look at consumer and data protection.

But, currently, we are in the process of looking at their application.

He admitted that POTRAZ had instructed Starlink to switch off users in Zimbabwe saying they were breaking the law. Said Machengete:

So, in short, we have not banned them. What we have just done is that those who have been using Starlink terminals were asked to have Starlink switch them off because we cannot allow illegality.

I think they have been switched off and maybe there is some outcry. But, you see those were illegal and they will be regularised when they are licenced.

Let me explain that at POTRAZ we are the licencing authority for telecommunications and we actually have a licencing framework and that framework is a converged framework whereby we check if the technology that you bring is not relevant, it is technology neutral and to reinforce that we already had geostationary satellites.

We already have geostationary satellites licenced so there is no way we would then be blocking Starlink because we are technology-neutral.

To use Starlink, Zimbabweans were mostly buying the kits from unofficial importers of the kits who brought them in from countries where the service is sold legally (like Mozambique, Zambia, Eswatini etc..).

Depending on the seller, the prices would range from about $600 to $1500. Installing the kit is generally easy and to operate it in Zimbabwe, they set their account to a roaming service.

The price of unlimited internet from Starlink with the roaming is about US $38, which customers would pay to the company directly.

Ultimately, the service was popular in Zimbabwe because the price of an unlimited internet package by the country’s internet providers is at least US$140.

That and the fact that Starlink can work anywhere in the country – even the remotest pockets of the country where people there’s no infrastructure for other types of connectivity.

An estimated 5,000 Starlink terminals are believed to have been brought into Zimbabwe by the time POTRAZ blocked the service in the country.

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34 Comments

rg · 10 months ago
funny
Anonymous · 10 months ago
Portraz will insist that they will control the price of the Internet: Customer pays Portraz/TelOne $140 for unlimited but gives Starlink $35.
mufaro · 10 months ago
I laughed when I saw potraz talking about standards.,.. which one has better standards ., ? potraz or starlink ? and their standards they potraz what are they delivering ? telecel is it giving the standards compared to starlink? and yet potraz is talking about standards whilst telecel is giving away way below standards... funny
eraison · 10 months ago
Saka ini ndrikumaruwa starlink inondibatsira cey, kureva kuty data reeconet rinochipa here kana kuty ndeyevanokwanisa kutenga magadgets acho
Khan · 10 months ago
Am intrigued
doug · 10 months ago
You cannot stop technology from the people, if you do technology itself will come to the people.
Anonymous · 10 months ago
Well said.
tech stuff · 10 months ago
great news , changes in technology coming . Starlink will make the internet more affordable and accessible
Anonymous · 10 months ago
I will continue to use Starlink as it is cheeper than any Zimbabwe provider. Starlink is not in Zimbabwe, I bought the equipment from South Africa, and I pay from the USA, where does Zimbabwe come into this that they think that they can control us?
me · 10 months ago
makatenga equipment paJozi marii elder
🚶 · 10 months ago
"We are also a regulator, we need to see how we regulate them. We also have to look at consumer and data protection." They want Starlink to adjust their prices to suit theirs.shame on them
Anonymous · 10 months ago
They want to regulate Starlink to make them put up their prices. It mustn't affect the purchase of the next fleet of Mercedes. Since when did POTRAZ care about consumer data protection?
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👁️👃👁️ · 10 months ago
Zimbabwe
Star link · 10 months ago
It out plays WiFi with Lifi that why been too difficult to completely block its service cause as long there is roaming the star source is very active irregardless of a country's regulatory authorities it's just a jack pot for Potraz to play mid service and amass some free falls
Putin 🇵🇾 🇵🇾🇵🇾🐊🐊🐊 · 10 months ago
Breaking news: Starling has been officially approved to operate in Zimbabwe as of today
Mohammed Zaka ali · 10 months ago
mazvokuda mavanga enyora ndatopedza
Patriot · 10 months ago
keep the West out of the country Econet and Netone doing a great job Starlink is from the enemy ✊🏾🇿🇼
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Anonymous · 10 months ago
😳🙄
Anonymous · 10 months ago
Good one. Let's keep everyone in the country off the internet. Knowledge does no good to the country. Especially those in the rural areas who Econet and Telone don't service.
Anonymous · 10 months ago
$38 and $140 potraz just common sense. How long is it going to take to look at the application. Dangote wanted to do business in zim, we could be having cheapest cement but zanupf refused
Wuto · 10 months ago
Sitaringi kiti ndakatotenga kudhara Saka zvazvadai handichina chekutya soon anambwà MUKOMA WUTO muchavasuva vaenda ku sitaringi, Yoyoyo vasadhuzvî ndiye achaita successor wangu paplatform
Yoyoyo · 10 months ago
😁😁@ Wuto Sadùzvi mamukasei Sakanhuwa mayanika magumbeze ane Wiwi here😁
Anonymous · 10 months ago
My family uncapped internet service costs usd 226 pm. Probably the highest in the world?
Anonymous · 10 months ago
True, where did the USD140 come from? The gap is much bigger.
Flatfish · 10 months ago
Now that Starlink has applied, what will be your next excuse for denying them rights to operate. Honestly team iri harisi kuida Starlink.
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Black Elon Musk · 10 months ago
Because StarLink will give All service providers in Zimbabwe a run for their money 💰
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Liverpool · 10 months ago
@unkown as ichatambirwa ne starkink
unknown · 10 months ago
Man City to win(3-1)
Nzvee · 10 months ago
enda kwamoors uko cde
🇿🇼minisita · 10 months ago
We will only grant them permission to operate in Zimbabwe if they agree to accept local currency (Zig )as the sole means of payment
Anonymous · 10 months ago
LOL. Not even government does that.
Starlink · 10 months ago
Looking into it

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