Elon Musk’s Starlink cedes ground again in Kenya broadband battle

Starlink kits on sale at Geek Tech shop in Nairobi on November 11, 2024.

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Elon Musk’s satellite Internet firm, Starlink, has ceded further ground in Kenya’s fixed broadband market, dropping to ninth place in the quarter ended June this year, after losing more share amid a freeze on new connections.

Latest data from the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) shows Starlink’s market share fell to 0.8 percent in June this year from 0.9 percent three months earlier, pushing it down one slot from eighth to ninth among the country’s top internet service providers.

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Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.