{"id":885766,"date":"2026-01-17T17:27:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T23:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/17\/airtel-africa-partners-with-spacexs-starlink-to-bring-satellite-direct-to-cell-connectivity-to-14-african-markets\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T17:27:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T23:27:06","slug":"airtel-africa-partners-with-spacexs-starlink-to-bring-satellite-direct-to-cell-connectivity-to-14-african-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/17\/airtel-africa-partners-with-spacexs-starlink-to-bring-satellite-direct-to-cell-connectivity-to-14-african-markets\/","title":{"rendered":"Airtel Africa Partners with SpaceX\u2019s Starlink to bring satellite direct-to-cell connectivity to 14 African Markets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a landmark deal set to transform mobile connectivity across the continent, Airtel Africa has announced a partnership with Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceX to roll out Starlink\u2019s direct-to-cell satellite technology in all 14 of its operating markets, serving over 174 million customers. The service, which allows standard compatible smartphones to connect directly to satellites without needing [\u2026]<br \/>\nThe post Airtel Africa Partners with SpaceX\u2019s Starlink to bring satellite direct-to-cell connectivity to 14 African Markets appeared first on Platinum Post News&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/platinumpost.news\/2025\/12\/17\/372145\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Mathew Ojo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a landmark deal set to transform mobile connectivity across the continent, Airtel Africa has announced a partnership with Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceX to roll out Starlink\u2019s direct-to-cell satellite technology in all 14 of its operating markets, serving over 174 million customers. The service, which allows standard compatible smartphones to connect directly to satellites without needing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":885767,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2084,46087,192],"tags":[14302,46085],"class_list":{"0":"post-885766","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-africa","8":"category-airtel","9":"category-sports","10":"tag-africa","11":"tag-airtel"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=885766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/885767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=885766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=885766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=885766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}