More competition for MTN, Airtel, others as Elon Musk’s Starlink announces subscription fee

• The monthly rank fees for SpaceX, Elon Musk's business, person accrued successful Nigeria
• The monthly subscription interest for existent Nigerian users would summation to N57,000 connected May 30
• On October 1, 2024, Starlink earlier announced that it would rise the monthly subscription interest to N75,000

Legit.ng writer Zainab Iwayemi has 5-year-experience covering the Economy, Technology, and Capital Market.

Elon Musk's SpaceX company, which runs the outer net work Starlink, has raised the monthly subscription costs for its services successful Nigeria.

According to Starlink, the monthly work terms volition summation opening 30 May 2025.Photo Credit: Elon Musk
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According to a Starlink email sent to subscribers, starting connected May 30, the monthly subscription complaint for existing users successful Nigeria would emergence to N57,000.

The monthly subscription complaint volition emergence by 50%, from N38,000 (USD 23.70) to N57,000 (USD 35.57). While the caller Starlink Mini kit costs N318,000 (USD 198.33), the modular hardware kit is inactive disposable for N590,000 (USD 368.07).

“The monthly work terms of Residential is expanding to N57,000,” the email reads.“As a existent customer, your monthly work terms volition summation opening 30 May 2025. For caller customers, the terms summation is effectual immediately.“If you bash not privation to proceed service, you tin cancel astatine immoderate clip connected your relationship page. “You tin person a afloat refund of hardware and work if your Starlink is returned wrong 30 days of acquisition oregon fractional refund of the hardware if purchased wrong the past year.”

Starlink declared that it would summation its monthly subscription cost to N75,000 connected October 1, 2024.

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), however, denounced the summation arsenic being unjustified and going against sectoral policies.

Starlink had to halt the anticipated terms alteration arsenic a effect of the development.

Starlink declared connected December 28 that starting connected January 27, its monthly rank fees for its services successful Nigeria would spell up.

The hike was not implemented by the corporation, though.

Starlink's monthly subscription complaint volition emergence by 50%, from N38,000 (USD 23.70) to N57,000 (USD 35.57). Photo Credit: Starlink
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MTN Successfully Tests Africa’s First Direct-to-Satellite Voice Call

Meanwhile, MTN South Africa, successful concern with an American low-earth orbit (LEO) provider, Lynk, revealed connected Thursday, March 27, 2025, that it had made Africa’s archetypal telephone telephone done satellite, showing a potential boost for telecom coverage.

The telecom elephantine has been exploring partnerships with outer providers to circumvent the limitations of agrarian connectivity.

Satellites, particularly LEO models, can supply high-speed net successful places wherever deploying terrestrial infrastructure is costly oregon impossible.

Elon Musk’s starlink ranks second-largest net work supplier

Legit.ng reported that Elon Musk-owned outer net work provider, Starlink, has go the second-largest net work provider (ISP) successful Nigeria, displacing FiberOne Broadband successful the past 4th of past year.

This is according to caller information from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).

Despite its costly pricing, Starlink’s idiosyncratic basal has much than doubled successful 2024, rising from 23,897 subscribers successful 2023 to 65,564 astatine the extremity of past year.

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