SpaceX Finally Gets In The Room With ICASA, But Starlink’s SA Door Stays Locked

SpaceX Finally Gets In The Room With ICASA, But Starlink’s SA Door Stays Locked

SpaceX has finally come face to face with ICASA, which is a small but telling shift in South Africa’s long-running Starlink soap opera. Ryan Goodnight, SpaceX’s senior director for market access and development, appeared before the communications regulator on Wednesday during public hearings on proposed changes to South Africa’s radio frequency spectrum and spectrum-fee rules. The hearings run from 19 to 20 August, after ICASA published draft am…

SpaceX breaks cover at Icasa satellite spectrum hearings

SpaceX used Icasa's fee hearings on Wednesday to press the regulator on the ownership rules blocking Starlink.