{"id":3342,"date":"2024-08-23T01:07:13","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T01:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=3342"},"modified":"2024-08-23T01:07:14","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T01:07:14","slug":"nca-announces-starlinks-ghana-launch-by-end-of-august-paving-the-way-for-satellite-internet-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=3342","title":{"rendered":"NCA announces Starlink&#8217;s Ghana launch by end of August, paving the way for satellite internet services.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/19943680.295.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3343\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ghana&#8217;s communications regulator, NCA, has announced that Starlink, a company associated with American billionaire and inventor Elon Musk, will officially begin operations in Ghana by the end of August 2024.<br><br>A statement issued by the regulator on August 22, 2024 stated that this decision &#8220;follows the completion of all administrative and licensing procedures with the National Communications Authority (NCA).&#8221;<br><br>It further mentioned that the internet service provider will be managed by Space X Starlink GH LTD.<br><br>Previously, the NCA had argued that Starlink did not have a license to operate in Ghana, deeming the online sale of its service illegal and a violation of the Electronic Communications Act.<br><br>The Authority had emphasized that internet service providers needed authorisation from the NCA to operate in Ghana, advising Ghanaians against using Starlink&#8217;s services for their own benefit.<br><br>However, the company has now been granted permission to operate in the country.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"868\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/35288598.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/35288598.jpg 600w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/35288598-207x300.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana&#8217;s communications regulator, NCA, has announced that Starlink, a company associated with American billionaire and inventor Elon Musk, will officially begin operations in Ghana by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3342"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3345,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3342\/revisions\/3345"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}