Barcelona March 4 2022: Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), Maj. Gen. (R) Amir Azeem Bajwa met with the Vice-President Commercial, Starlink and CEO, Starlink Pakistan, at the GSMA Mobile World Congress 2022 (MWC) in Barcelona.
The delegations discussed the regulatory, technical and commercial aspects of Starlink’s application to offer its broadband services in Pakistan. Both sides agreed to work out modalities through further engagement in the near future.
Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by SpaceX providing satellite Internet access coverage to most of the Earth.The constellation has grown to over 1,700 satellites through 2021, and will eventually consist of many thousands of mass-produced small satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO), which communicate with designated ground transceivers. While the technical possibility of satellite internet service covers most of the global population, actual service can be delivered only in countries that have licensed SpaceX to provide service within any specific national jurisdiction. As of February 2022, the beta internet service offering is available in 29 countries.
