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The Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has clarified that the government is poised to grant a license to the satellite internet firm, Starlink, despite the previous warning issued by the National Communications Authority (NCA) against its operations in Ghana.
Addressing journalists in Accra on Monday, Mrs. Owusu-Ekuful explained that the NCA previously lacked a licensing framework for satellite operators intending to provide direct retail service to customers, such as Starlink.
She emphasized that the authority has now established the necessary framework for licensing such entities to operate in Ghana, addressing the specific needs of satellite internet providers like Starlink.
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“The NCA had to look at what had been done in other jurisdictions and come up with a framework that would enable them to work with Starlink and not just Starlink, but others to also utilize their services here. They finished that exercise. They benchmarked other countries in which, we call them the low earth orbit satellite operators are currently operating.”
“And so they are ready to start licensing entities like that to start operating in this country. And so that’s why I said that very soon. And they’ve already started engaging them to see when and how they can also access our market,” she stated.
