Three days ago, Elon Musk answered a netizen's question about "when to launch the Starlink service in Africa" on twitter. On Friday, he officially announced in a tweet that the star chain Satellite Internet service under the space exploration technology company (SpaceX) has been approved to carry out relevant business in Nigeria and Mozambique**
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In fact, since 2021, SpaceX has been preparing to launch Starlink Satellite Internet access service in the African market.
For example, in May last year, the company sent some representatives to Nigeria to discuss with the National Communications Commission (NCC) how to obtain the operation license.
In his tweet on Tuesday, musk confirmed that the first African market region was about to be announced, and said that star chain was striving to provide legal and compliant access services in more regions around the world (currently covering 30+ market regions).
The local media nairametrics reported that the telecommunications regulatory authority of the country has approved the license application submitted by the ISP "Starlink Internet services Nigeria Ltd." and the validity period is 10 years from may2022.
As a "catfish", many people hope that SpaceX (Starlink) can enable local operators in Nigeria (MTN, Artel, etc.) to improve their awareness of competition and service as soon as possible, and ultimately bring better Internet access quality and experience to our customers.
What is embarrassing is that due to the limitations of the local economic development and consumption level, the supporting terminals and service fees of the star chain are still quite expensive - the monthly payment is US $110 (about ₦ 60500 naira), and the purchase of three piece sets of transceivers, foot stands and Wi Fi routers is US $559 (about ₦ 330000 naira).
If the premium subscription package is selected, the monthly fee will rise to $500 (about 275000 naira), and the purchase, installation and commissioning cost of the complete kit will be about $2500 (about 1375000 naira).