Elon Musk said Starlink is awaiting regulatory approval in South Africa - except the regulator knows nothing about it.
SpaceX founder Elon Musk that Starlink is awaiting regulatory approval in South Africa appears to be unfounded.
“Please note that Icasa has not received an application as yet,” an Icasa spokeswoman told TechCentral on Monday in response to a query. “So, now we have a link to say that Starlink is interested in South Africa, to the extent that they have bothered to get their core equipment type approved,” Cull said. “They wouldn’t do that if they didn’t have an intention of entering the South African market.”The products that Icasa granted type approval for and the companies that applied for them are a Starlink router, for which Data X Lab was the applicant, and two gateways, for which Paratus and Magic Space Dust were the applicants.
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