{"id":57713,"date":"2025-08-10T13:37:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T13:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/57713\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T13:37:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T13:37:06","slug":"starlinks-high-speed-internet-goes-live-in-somalia-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/57713\/","title":{"rendered":"Starlink\u2019s High-Speed Internet Goes Live in Somalia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Starlink\u2019s high-speed internet has officially gone live in Somalia, marking the company\u2019s entry into its 25th African market. The National Communications Authority (NCA) <a href=\"https:\/\/spaceinafrica.com\/2025\/04\/13\/somalia-grants-operational-license-to-starlink-expanding-internet-access-across-the-nation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">approved<\/a> Starlink\u2019s operational licence in April 2025, paving the way for its launch. Government officials have welcomed the development as a key step towards narrowing the country\u2019s digital divide, as it aligns with the focus areas of the Somali National <a href=\"https:\/\/moct.gov.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/National-ICT-Policy-Strategy-2019-2024.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ICT Policy and Strategy<\/a> (2019\u20132024), including the establishment of domestic digital infrastructure and facilitating access.<\/p>\n<p>Starlink is set to expand internet coverage and significantly advance digital inclusion across Somalia, especially in a country where <a href=\"https:\/\/mof.gov.so\/sites\/default\/files\/Publications\/ToR%20Digital%20Infrastructure%20Specialist%20%281%29.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">70%<\/a> of the population struggles to access broadband services. Starlink\u2019s residential offering is priced at USD 70 per month, with a one-time hardware cost of USD 390. While these costs may pose a barrier to widespread adoption, particularly when compared to local telecom providers, some users may prioritise the benefits of low-latency, high-speed connectivity over affordability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Starlink\u2019s high-speed internet has officially gone live in Somalia, marking the company\u2019s entry into its 25th African market.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57714,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[64,63,237,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-57713","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-internet","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-internet","11":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}