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What telco mobile money licenses mean for Nigeria’s financial services sector

CIO Business Intelligence

That may change as telecommunications companies such as Airtel and MTN jump into the mobile money market, after recently receiving licenses to do so. It was only late last year that Nigeria’s Central Bank (CBN), gave the green light for telcos to acquire mobile money licenses. Mobile money is not entirely new to Nigeria.

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Indian Government Tells Starlink to Stop Selling Satellite Internet Until It Gets a License to Do So

Gizmodo

The Indian government didn’t mince words in a recent message to Elon Musk’s Starlink: Get a license before offering satellite internet services in the country. Read more.

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SpaceX and T-Mobile are bringing space connectivity to your phone

Dataconomy

T-Mobile and SpaceX’s Starlink unit have gained full FCC approval to provide satellite-powered internet coverage, allowing T-Mobile phones to connect directly to satellites, Reuters reports. The initiative intends to extend internet access to remote areas, effectively bridging a gap where mobile services do not exist.

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India says not to preorder Starlink until it obtains a license

The Verge

India has instructed the public not to preorder Starlink, SpaceX’s satellite-based internet service, according to a report from Reuters. As the report notes, the Indian government says that the company needs to obtain a license to operate in the country before it starts deploying its services. Photo by Nilay Patel / The Verge.

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20 powerful women shaping the networking industry

Network World

Fun fact: She is a licensed English-as-a-Second Language teacher. Cloudflare acts as a reverse proxy service that provides content delivery, security, and application performance optimization for Internet traffic.) When she landed her first role as head of IT, she had five-month-old twins.) It was quite a juggle.

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British-Indian team puts in a winning $1B bid for OneWeb satellite broadband venture

GeekWire

which is part of the world’s third-largest mobile operator, have successfully bid more than $1 billion to acquire the bankrupt OneWeb satellite broadband internet venture. At one point, Amazon was rumored to be interested in bidding on OneWeb’s assets , including its spectrum licenses, but nothing came of those rumors.

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SpaceX’s Elon Musk and Amazon’s Project Kuiper stir up a war of words over satellites

GeekWire

Starlink, which is currently operating on a beta-trial basis, and Amazon’s yet-to-be launched Project Kuiper constellation both seek to make global broadband internet access available to billions of people who are currently underserved — as well as to specialized markets ranging from military communications to cloud computing.