Lesotho Gives in, Approves Starlink Licence

Civic organisation says this is a “sell-out”

• The Lesotho Communications Authority has approved Starlink’s application to provide satellite internet services.
• The announcement comes in the middle of uncertainty about the tariffs to be imposed on the country by US President Donald Trump.
• Civic organisation Section Two says this is a “sell-out”.

Lesotho has succumbed to pressure and granted a ten-year licence to Starlink Lesotho, a subsidiary of Elon Musk’s SpaceX, to operate a satellite internet…