{"id":3050,"date":"2025-04-07T15:04:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T15:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3050"},"modified":"2025-04-07T15:04:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T15:04:28","slug":"it-minister-confirms-starlink-internet-launch-timeline-in-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3050","title":{"rendered":"IT minister confirms Starlink internet launch timeline in Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication, Shaza Fatima, said that SpaceX\u2019s Starlink internet services are expected to become operational in Pakistan by November or December this year.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was made during a meeting of the National Assembly\u2019s Standing Committee on IT and Telecom, chaired by MNA Aminul Haque. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) briefed the committee on the licensing process for Starlink.<\/p>\n<p>PTA Chairman confirmed that Starlink has been granted a temporary licence by the Space Board, adding that a full operational licence would be issued once regulatory frameworks are finalised.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are no issues with the licensing process,\u201d Minister Shaza Fatima stated, clarifying that satellite internet is a new technology and various aspects needed to be evaluated thoroughly. \u201cA consultant has been hired to finalise the regulations. Once done, Starlink will have to reapply,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>The minister also revealed that a Chinese company had submitted a similar application for providing satellite internet services in Pakistan. \u201cShanghai Spacecom is also in the queue. We want to open the space internet sector to multiple players to ensure competition,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The minister confirmed that infrastructure installation is underway and Starlink services are expected to launch in the last quarter of 2025.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication, Shaza Fatima, said that SpaceX\u2019s Starlink internet services are expected to become operational in Pakistan by November or December this year. The announcement was made during a meeting of the National Assembly\u2019s Standing Committee on IT and Telecom, chaired by MNA Aminul Haque. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) briefed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3050\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}