Musk's Starlink denied telecoms licence in Namibia

FILE PHOTO: SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks on a screen during the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, June 29, 2021. REUTERS/Nacho Doce/File Photo

WINDHOEK, March 23 (Reuters) - ⁠Namibia has turned down applications from ⁠Elon Musk's satellite internet provider Starlink for ‌a telecommunications service licence and access to radio spectrum, a notice in the Southern African country's government gazette ​showed.

(Reporting by Nyasha Nyaungwa;Writing by Sfundo Parakozov;Editing by Alexander Winning and Bill Berkrot)