A reminder that broadband-from-space isn't about bridging the global digital divide or serving poor people. It's just another for-profit enterprise that seeks to exploit a public commons for private gain.
"#Starlink has refused to comply with the country’s BEE (Black Economic Empowerment) – 30 per cent ownership to local historically disadvantaged people."
https://technext24.com/2025/01/28/starlink-south-africa-waive-bee-policy/
[#]Space #SouthAfrica
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@JohnBarentine I haven't kept up to date on Polish telecom law, but if certain laws didn't change I do wonder how they keep on legal side in Poland as well. TL;DR it used to be that operators whose networks spanned more than one county had to register "war and disaster time" cooperation plans
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