Kenya’s Biggest Wireless Firm Is in Talks With Musk’s Starlink
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An advertisement on a Safaricom Plc store in Nairobi.
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Kenya’s biggest phone company Safaricom Plc is in talks with Elon Musk’s Starlink and other satellite providers on potential future partnerships, its Chief Executive Officer Peter Ndegwa said.
“From a satellite perspective, we have to partner with Starlink or other satellite providers in future to make sure that that technology plays right through,” he said in an interview in New York. “We have had some discussions, and we will continue to have those discussions to the extent that they complement what we are offering.”