On the Starlink license rejection by CRAN: 1. Our Minister of ICT indicated that one of the reasons are that the Starlink local registered company with BIPA doesn't have 51% Namibian ownership. That is true, but the act allows for her in her capacity as Minister of ICT to exempt the entity from this requirement - I'd love the media to ask her, why she did not do that. 2. Again according to the Minister of ICT, Starlink is not affordable (Terminal cost is about 6k and monthly charge is about 1k per month) so Starlink won't solve the digital devide. If this was in fact true, why was OneWeb's products approved in the country that is so expensive that no one can afford it? Refer to oblixx.com/services as an example of these product pricing. My ISP at home charges 3k per month for a 50mb line. Is that affordable then? I think Namibians do not need the government to tell us what we can and can't afford. If the solution is available, people in Namibia can decide for themselves. It's absolutely no reason to reject the license and shouldn't be mentioned as such. 3. They said that all ISPs need to pass 6 things, of which Starlink didn't pass 3. One of which is the Namibian ownership requirement - They haven't provided the other 2 reasons (I did ask for this info from CRAN - but no response received yet). Two links to reference: starlink.com/.../6a4afd37-6…... And here is Starlink's response to CRAN regarding their concerns: starlink.com/.../Starlink%2…