Elon Musk begins consolidation as SpaceX Starlink gets FCC approval: “The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted SpaceX the green light to utilize its Starlink broadband satellites for providing T-Mobile customers with direct-to-cell connectivity. This decision marks a groundbreaking development in telecommunications, as it is the first official collaboration between a satellite operator and a wireless carrier to receive FCC approval for delivering supplemental cell coverage from space.”
In Nigeria, if you have an active mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) license, and can get NCC (Nigeria’s telecom regulator) to approve a partnership with SpaceX, that will enable you to deliver D2C (direct to cell) service across Nigeria, Tekedia Capital will invest in your business. If you do get NCC approval in principle, we will first invest at least $1 million.
We believe that GSM has a decade remaining as the future of telecoms is going to be anchored on satellite. CDMA destroyed the cobwebs of wired telephony (e.g. Nitel), and GSM took down CDMA (e.g. Visafone, Starcomms). Within a decade, satellites will take over as GSM operators lose marginal cost competitiveness.
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