Elon Musk’s SpaceX to provide internet services in Bahrain, Israel may be next
Musk has already assisted Bahrain with its satellite program and has additional space-related interests in Turkey.
American billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX has received a license to provide its Starlink internet services in Bahrain. The kingdom’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority is the first entity in the Gulf to approve the provision of Starlink’s services, the official Bahrain News Agency reported yesterday.
“We are pleased that Starlink chose Bahrain as the first market in the Gulf to seek licenses for its services,” said the authority’s general director Philip Marnick.
Starlink is a high-speed internet service that uses low-orbit satellites. It is operated by Musk’s space travel company SpaceX.
Why it matters: SpaceX already had a relationship with Bahrain prior to the Starlink deal. In December of last year, a SpaceX rocket launched a Bahraini-Emirati satellite to the International Space Station. This was Bahrain’s first space satellite.
