{"id":95650,"date":"2025-12-18T14:16:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T14:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/airtel-and-spacex-partner-for-starlink-in-africa"},"modified":"2025-12-18T16:03:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T16:03:47","slug":"airtel-and-spacex-partner-for-starlink-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/airtel-and-spacex-partner-for-starlink-in-africa","title":{"rendered":"Airtel and Spacex Partner for Starlink in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. <\/strong><\/span><b>Airtel Africa has announced an agreement with SpaceX to introduce Starlink Direct-to-Cell satellite connectivity across all its 14 markets that serve 174 million customers.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Through this partnership, Airtel Africa customers with compatible smartphones in regions without terrestrial coverage can have network connectivity through Starlink, which is the world\u2019s largest 4G connectivity provider (by geographic reach).<\/p>\n<p>The satellite-to-mobile service will begin in 2026 with data for select applications and text messaging.<\/p>\n<p>This agreement also includes support for Starlink\u2019s first broadband Direct to Cell system, with next-generation satellites that will be capable of providing high-speed connectivity to smartphones with 20x improved data speed.<\/p>\n<p>The rollout will proceed in line with country-specific regulatory approvals.<\/p>\n<p>Airtel Africa is the first mobile network operator in Africa to offer Starlink Direct to Cell service, powered by 650 satellites to provide seamless connectivity to its customers in remote areas.<\/p>\n<p>The partnership reinforces Airtel Africa\u2019s commitment to bridge digital divide and offer seamless connectivity to its customers.<\/p>\n<p>Airtel Africa and Starlink will continue to explore additional collaboration opportunities to further advance digital inclusion across the continent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAirtel Africa remains committed to delivering great experience to our customers by improving access to reliable and contiguous mobile connectivity solutions. Starlink\u2019s Direct-to-Cell technology complements the terrestrial infrastructure and even reaches areas where deploying terrestrial network solutions are challenging. We are very excited about the collaboration with Starlink, which will establish a new standard for service availability across all our 14 markets,&#8221; Airtel Africa MD and Chief Executive Officer Sunil Taldar Starlink Vice President of Sales, Stephanie Bednarek said: \u201cFor the first time, people across Africa will stay connected in remote areas where terrestrial coverage cannot reach, and we\u2019re so thrilled that Starlink Direct to Cell can power this life-changing service. Through this agreement with Airtel Africa, we\u2019ll also deliver our next-generation technology to offer high-speed broadband connectivity, which will offer faster access to many essential services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Angola<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. Airtel Africa has announced an agreement with SpaceX to introduce Starlink Direct-to-Cell satellite connectivity across all its 14 markets that serve 174 million customers. Through this partnership, Airtel Africa customers with compatible smartphones in regions without terrestrial coverage can have network connectivity through Starlink, which is the world\u2019s largest 4G connectivity provider [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":95649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,9],"tags":[329],"class_list":["post-95650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-miscellaneous","tag-angola"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Airtel and Spacex Partner for Starlink in Africa - Angola<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Airtel Africa has announced an agreement with SpaceX to introduce Starlink Direct-to-Cell satellite connectivity acro ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/airtel-and-spacex-partner-for-starlink-in-africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Airtel and Spacex Partner for Starlink in Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Airtel Africa has announced an agreement with SpaceX to introduce Starlink Direct-to-Cell satellite connectivity acro ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/airtel-and-spacex-partner-for-starlink-in-africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Angola\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-12-18T14:16:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-18T16:03:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2025\/12\/sm_1766060530.362687.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1631\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"877\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/airtel-and-spacex-partner-for-starlink-in-africa#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/airtel-and-spacex-partner-for-starlink-in-africa\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Airtel and Spacex Partner for Starlink in Africa\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-18T14:16:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-18T16:03:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/airtel-and-spacex-partner-for-starlink-in-africa\"},\"wordCount\":336,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/airtel-and-spacex-partner-for-starlink-in-africa#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2025\/12\/sm_1766060530.362687.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Angola\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"miscellaneous\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/airtel-and-spacex-partner-for-starlink-in-africa#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/airtel-and-spacex-partner-for-starlink-in-africa\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/airtel-and-spacex-partner-for-starlink-in-africa\",\"name\":\"Airtel and Spacex Partner for Starlink in Africa - 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