{"id":439300,"date":"2025-04-13T12:47:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T09:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=439300"},"modified":"2025-04-13T12:47:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T09:47:37","slug":"national-communications-authority-grants-operational-license-to-starlink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/national-communications-authority-grants-operational-license-to-starlink\/","title":{"rendered":"National Communications Authority grants operational license to Starlink"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mogadishu, (SONNA) &#8211; The National Communications Authority of Somalia (Somalia-NCA) officially granted operational license approval to Starlink for launching its services in Somalia.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was made at a formal event in Mogadishu, attended by Starlink representatives and government officials. This marks a major leap in Somalia&#8217;s journey toward nationwide digital inclusion.<\/p>\n<p>Mustafa Yaasin Sheik, Director General of Somalia\u2019s Communications Authority, said:<br \/>\n&#8220;Starlink&#8217;s entry into Somalia represents a significant milestone in our efforts to bridge the digital divide in our country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>H.E. Mohamed Mo\u2019allim, Minister of Communications and Technology, emphasized government support: &#8220;We welcome Starlink. This aligns with our vision to deliver affordable and accessible internet services to all Somalis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With Starlink&#8217;s high-speed satellite internet, remote areas across Somalia will finally get connected\u2014bringing services, opportunities, and empowerment closer to millions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-439301\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_1632-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_1632-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_1632-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_1632-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_1632-330x220.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_1632-420x280.jpeg 420w, 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The announcement was made at a formal event in Mogadishu, attended by Starlink representatives and government officials. This marks a major leap in Somalia&#8217;s journey toward nationwide digital inclusion. Mustafa Yaasin Sheik, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":439307,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-439300","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439300"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":439309,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439300\/revisions\/439309"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}