Namibia Orders Starlink to Cease all Operations in the Country
- Investigators have confiscated illegal terminals, opened cases
- Starlink’s Namibia license application still under review
A Starlink Inc. satellite terminal on a residential building in Harare, Zimbabwe. The company’s terminals sold out in Zimbabwe’s capital in October.
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Namibia ordered Starlink Inc. to immediately cease all operations in the south-west African country, saying the satellite-internet service owned by billionaire Elon Musk is operating without the required telecommunications license.
“The public is hereby advised not to purchase Starlink terminal equipment or subscribe to its services, as such activities are illegal,” the Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia said in an emailed statement. “Investigators have already confiscated illegal terminals from consumers and have opened criminal cases with the Namibian police in this regard.”