Vietnam’s Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) reportedly plans to require foreign businesses who want to provide domestic satellite telecoms services to have a gateway station located in the country.
Oman has launched a national programme to develop and assemble a CubeSat satellite, marking what is described as a step towards building domestic capabilities in satellite manufacturing and space technologies.
It now seems that the Democratic Republic of Congo has granted a licence to satellite communications company Starlink – despite an earlier ban, which finally appears to have been rescinded.