10 September 2021

Centro Histórico, Mexico City

Starlink, entrepreneur Elon Musk’s wireless satellite internet service, finally received authorisation to operate in Mexico for 10 years.

It will run from October 28, 2021, when users in the north American country will be able to start using the service.

Starlink Satellite Systems Mexico lodged its request with the Federal Telecommunications Institute (Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones, IFT) April 2 this year and received its licence May 28. As per the terms of its licence, Starlink must be operational within 180 days.

The 10-year concession is extendable for a further ten years, said the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite broadband provider. Mexico will offer a 1 Gbps browsing speed, which Starlink said is an ideal service to be used in rural areas, where there is little or no telecommunications infrastructure.

The company already offers service plans in the US, for a US$99 monthly fee and with browsing speeds of 1 Gbps.

However, the company guarantees that in the future the quality of its service will improve drastically so that its connection speed will increase up to 1Gb.

According to reports, Musk’s satellite internet company could offer global coverage starting in September.