• About
  • Advertise With Us
  • Home
  • Privacy Policy
Saturday, June 21, 2025
  • Login
Jungle Journalist Media Limited
  • NEWS
  • POLITICS
  • ECONOMY & BUSINESS
  • GAMES & SPORTS
  • EDUCATION
  • ENTERTAINMENT
  • HEALTH & FOOD
  • NIGER DELTA
  • SECURITY / MILITARY
No Result
View All Result
  • NEWS
  • POLITICS
  • ECONOMY & BUSINESS
  • GAMES & SPORTS
  • EDUCATION
  • ENTERTAINMENT
  • HEALTH & FOOD
  • NIGER DELTA
  • SECURITY / MILITARY
No Result
View All Result
Jungle Journalist Media Limited
No Result
View All Result
  • NEWS
  • POLITICS
  • ECONOMY & BUSINESS
  • GAMES & SPORTS
  • EDUCATION
  • ENTERTAINMENT
  • HEALTH & FOOD
  • NIGER DELTA
  • SECURITY / MILITARY

Home » NEWS » NCC licenses Elon Musk’s Starlink to provide internet services in Nigeria

NCC licenses Elon Musk’s Starlink to provide internet services in Nigeria

by Jungle Journalist
May 28, 2022
24
SHARES
239
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on WhatsApp

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has licensed Starlink, a satellite internet constellation operated by SpaceX, providing satellite internet access coverage to 32 countries.

This licensing followed a visit to Nigeria by the company’s team in May last year.

Elated Elon Musk took to his Twitter handle to announce this development yesterday. The NCC has equally included Starlink among licensees in Nigeria on its website.

Musk tweeted @elonmusk, “Starlink approved by Nigeria and Mozambique.”

According to reports, the deal was actually sealed at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, earlier in the year before all the paper works were completed this month.

Checks showed that the company received two licences, which include the international gateway licence and Internet Service Provider (ISP) licence, and will be trading as Starlink Internet Services Nigeria Ltd.

ReadAlso

MTN, Airtel leading, as telecoms subscriptions rise

US Govt Approves Elon Musk’s Neuralink Implant That Enables Blind People To See

According to NCC, the international gateway licence has 10-year tenure, while the ISP licence is to last for five years. Both licences take effect from May 2022 and may be renewed after the expiration.

With high speeds and latency as low as 20 minutes in most locations, Starlink enables video calls, online gaming, streaming, and other high data rate activities that historically have not been possible with satellite Internet. Users also have the option to take Starlink with them via the Portability feature of Starlink.

In May last year, Starlink’s Market Access Director for Africa, Ryan Goodnight along with SpaceX consultant, Levin Born had paid a visit to the NCC where they expressed interest to obtain a licence to operate the satellite internet in the country.

Prior to the visit, the regulator and the space company have been discussing the issue virtually before approval for a physical meeting was granted by the NCC.

After SpaceX representatives provided an overview of its plans, expectations, licensing requests and deployment phases, the Executive Vice-Chairman, NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, represented by the Executive Commissioner, Technical Services, NCC, Ubale Maska, promised them that the NCC would work on necessary modalities to ensure that it balances the need for healthy competition vis-a-vis the entry of new technologies, in order to protect all industry stakeholders.

Maska had said: “As the regulator of a highly dynamic sector in Nigeria, the Commission is conscious of the need to ensure that our regulatory actions are anchored on national interest. We have listened to your presentation and we will review it vis-à-vis our regulatory direction of ensuring effective and a sustainable telecoms ecosystem where a licensee’s operational model does not dampen healthy competition among other licensees.”

Tags: Elon MuskNCCSpaceXStarlink
Share10Tweet6Send
Previous Post

Peter Obi: Labour Party’s Website Crashes as Nigerians Register Membership

Next Post

Black Saturday in Port Harcourt as over 39 perish in stampede

You MayAlso Like

ENTERTAINMENT

Njoku Success Officially Signed as Brand Ambassador for Buzzy.ng in Abuja

June 19, 2025
EDUCATION

Igwe Asadu Endorses Upcoming Face of Eastwing/Southeast Aviation Summit

June 19, 2025
EDUCATION

5th ‘Things Fall Apart Festival’ holds in Enugu, June29-July 5

June 17, 2025
INTERNATIONAL / DIASPORA

US Expands Travel Ban to 25 African Countries Including Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Others

June 17, 2025
NATIONAL

2027: We will vote Atiku if Shettima is dropped – APC members warn

June 17, 2025
COMMUNITY REPORTS

IGP arrives Benue after suspected herdsmen burn over 200 citizens alive

June 17, 2025
Next Post

Black Saturday in Port Harcourt as over 39 perish in stampede

Discussion about this post

Recent Posts

  • Njoku Success Officially Signed as Brand Ambassador for Buzzy.ng in Abuja
  • Igwe Asadu Endorses Upcoming Face of Eastwing/Southeast Aviation Summit
  • 5th ‘Things Fall Apart Festival’ holds in Enugu, June29-July 5
  • US Expands Travel Ban to 25 African Countries Including Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Others
  • 2027: We will vote Atiku if Shettima is dropped – APC members warn
ADVERTISEMENT

Recent Comments

  • Ogbuenyi Sunday on Anambra police arrest river-bathing prophet ‘Onye Eze Jesus’
  • Stephen CE on List of international stars who have joined #EndSARS/#EndSWAT and what they said

Trending

US Expands Travel Ban to 25 African Countries Including Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Others

2027: We will vote Atiku if Shettima is dropped – APC members warn

Igwe Asadu Endorses Upcoming Face of Eastwing/Southeast Aviation Summit

Ichie Million Ritualist Saga: Name of Club, List of Members & Phone Numbers Emerge (SEE FULL LIST)

OBITUARY: Nwada-One of Iweze: A Bloom That Graced Our Time

ADVERTISEMENT

NCC licenses Elon Musk’s Starlink to provide internet services in Nigeria

5th ‘Things Fall Apart Festival’ holds in Enugu, June29-July 5

Court remands woman in N13.8bn ponzi fraud case in Port Harcourt

IGP arrives Benue after suspected herdsmen burn over 200 citizens alive

Equatorial Guinea Sex Scandal: Supreme Court makes final ruling on 400 sex tapes of Baltasar Engonga

    ADVERTISEMENT

    Popular Stories

    • BREAKING: Gunmen Take Over Onitsha-Owerri Road, Set Over 10 Vehicles, Goods Worth Billions Ablaze

      2796 shares
      Share 1118 Tweet 699
    • JUST IN: CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele sacked

      1821 shares
      Share 728 Tweet 455
    • BREAKING: Finland police arrests Simon Ekpa 

      1032 shares
      Share 413 Tweet 258
    • BREAKING: IReV Portal Shows Labour Party Won 19 States Plus FCT, PDP 8, APC 7, NNPP 2 States—Baba-Ahmed

      665 shares
      Share 266 Tweet 166
    • NEWS FLASH: Peter Mbah of PDP cruising to victory, wins 14 LGAs in Enugu guber polls 

      537 shares
      Share 215 Tweet 134
    • JUST IN: Daughter of Benin billionaire/CEO of Uyi Technical commits suicide

      510 shares
      Share 204 Tweet 128

    ABOUT US

    Jungle Journalist Media Limited

    Jungle Journalist Media Limited

    Jungle Journalist is an online news and information resource centre dedicated to accurate and timely news reports.

    Read More >>

    CONNECT WITH US

    SECTIONS

    • AGRICULTURE
    • BIZARRE
    • BREAKING
    • BUILDING & PROPERTIES
    • COLUMNIST
    • COMMUNITY REPORTS
    • ECONOMY & BUSINESS
    • EDUCATION
    • ELECTRICITY
    • ENTERTAINMENT
    • GAMES & SPORTS
    • HEALTH & FOOD
    • HOLIDAYS
    • INDIGENOUS REPORTS
    • INTERNATIONAL / DIASPORA
    • LAW & HUMAN RIGHTS
    • LEGISLATION
    • MEDIA INDUSTRY
    • MONEY & BANKING
    • NATIONAL
    • NEWS
    • NIGER DELTA
    • NORTH
    • OBITUARY
    • OIL & GAS
    • OPINION
    • PHOTOS / VIDEOS
    • POLICE / CRIME
    • POLITICS
    • RELIGION & WORSHIP
    • SCIENCE / TECHNOLOGY
    • SECURITY / MILITARY
    • SOCIAL MEDIA
    • SOUTH-EAST
    • SOUTH-SOUTH
    • SOUTH-WEST
    • TRADITION & CULTURE
    • TRANSPORT & AVIATION
    • WOMEN & CHILDREN
    • YOUTH
    No Result
    View All Result

    NEWS SOURCES

  • Punch
  • Nigerian Tribune
  • The Nation
  • Thisday
  • DailyTrust
  • The Sun
  • Daily Independent
  • PM News
  • Vanguard
  • Premium Times
  • Sahara Reporters
  • The Guardian
  • Leadership
  • Daily Times Of Nigeria
    • About
    • Advertise With Us
    • Privacy Policy

    © 2021 Jungle Journalist Media Limited - Web Designed by AfeesHost.

    No Result
    View All Result
    • NEWS
    • POLITICS
    • ECONOMY & BUSINESS
    • GAMES & SPORTS
    • EDUCATION
    • ENTERTAINMENT
    • HEALTH & FOOD
    • NIGER DELTA
    • SECURITY / MILITARY

    © 2021 Jungle Journalist Media Limited - Web Designed by AfeesHost.

    Welcome Back!

    Login to your account below

    Forgotten Password?

    Retrieve your password

    Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

    Log In