Namibia's communication regulator dismisses Starlink appeal over license rejection

WINDHOEK, June 22 - ‌Namibia's communications ​regulator ​said on Monday it dismissed an appeal by Starlink against the rejection ‌of its license applications, reaffirming that Elon ⁠Musk's satellite internet provider failed to meet local ownership ‌requirements.

• The Communications Regulatory ‌Authority of Namibia (CRAN) rejected Starlink's applications for a telecommunications service license and radio spectrum ​access in March, citing non-compliance with ownership and control requirements under the country's Communications ⁠Act.

• "Starlink's application remained non-compliant with the ownership and control requirements ​under section 46 of the Communications Act, No. 8, 2009," said CRAN in ​a statement.

• The regulator ‌added that Starlink's reconsideration application was filed after the statutory deadline, which ⁠expired on April 23.

• CRAN received 624 reconsideration requests from the public, 622 of which were ⁠dismissed for failing to meet procedural and jurisdictional requirements.

• ​The two submissions that met the threshold introduced no new facts and identified no material error in the ‌original decision, the regulator said.

• "CRAN affirms that the reconsideration of requests did ‌not provide a sufficient legal or factual ⁠basis to alter ‌the original decision," ​it added.

(Reporting by Nyasha Nyaungwa;Witing by Sfundo Parakozov;Editing by Alexander Winning and Bill ‌Berkrot)

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