Beginning January 8, 2026, Iran imposed a near-total nationwide internet blackout amid escalating anti-government protests tied to economic collapse and sharp currency devaluation. The shutdown cut...

The European Union publicly expressed concern over the potential expansion of SpaceX’s Starlink into the 2 GHz mobile satellite spectrum currently held by Viasat and EchoStar and set to expire in M...

Starlink released its 2025 Progress Report showing a breakout year of growth and service expansion with over 4.6 million new active customers, bringing the global base to more than 9.2 million user...

Starlink said it plans to lower a large portion of its constellation from roughly 550 km to about 480 km in 2026, framing the move as an orbital safety improvement. The plan follows a recent satell...

SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service has reportedly exceeded 9  million active subscribers worldwide as of December 2025, adding over 1  million users in under eight weeks, according to Bus...

STMicroelectronics announced that it has shipped over 5 billion radio‑frequency antenna chips to SpaceX for its Starlink satellite internet network since around 2015, with the volume of shipments e...

Airtel Africa confirmed that it has partnered with SpaceX’s Starlink to roll out direct‑to‑cell satellite connectivity across all 14 of its African markets beginning in 2026, enabling basic text me...

SpaceX reported that on Dec 9, 2025, one of its Starlink satellites narrowly avoided a collision with a spacecraft launched by China’s Kinetica 1 rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. Th...

On December 9, TechAfrica News reported that Starlink Kenya reached 19,460 active users in September 2025. The growth reflects accelerating adoption across rural and peri urban regions, where terre...

SpaceX has filed trademark applications for “Starlink Mobile” and “Powered by Starlink” with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.The filing was submitted on October 16, shortly after Spac...