Starlink’s focus on South Africa webinar 2025

Global politics are at play with South Africa a particular area of focus - in these circumstances extra-legal things happen - and why we should move away from talking about Starlink towards referring to a set of low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite providers

Join us for a two-hour webinar to learn more about these topics

When?

26 May 2025, 15:00 to 17:00 SAST

Webinar outline

The webinar will cover:

• How do services like Starlink work?
• Are services like Starlink the “silver bullet” for achieving universal service in South Africa?
• Overview of service and spectrum licensing in South Africa: where do satellite services fit in and what licensing do they require?
• ICASA regulation on transformation and how it applies to licensing. Are equity equivalents programmes an option for compliance?
• What are the options for LEO satellite providers to provide services to South Africans?
• How do the local mobile network operators feel about this?
• Other considerations – cybersecurity | privacy laws | law enforcement | interception and monitoring of communications | consumer protection
• How are we moving forward, what needs to be done and what are the timelines?

There will be time for Q&A after the presentation.

Presenters

Dominic Cull has extensive experience in advising on the commercial and regulatory aspects of new technology, broadcasting, and electronic communications ventures for local and international companies and policy and regulation in the ICT and telecommunications sectors, having spent 14 years advising the public and private sector on ICT legal issues. Dominic is involved at all stages of the communications law and regulation-making process and liaises closely with, inter alia, the lndependent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA), the Department of Communications, the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, SAPS Cybercrime Division, National Gambling Board, Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services, Portfolio Committee on Telecommunications and Postal Services and the Film and Publications Board on an ongoing basis. Dominic holds a B.Bus.Sci, an LLB, and an LLM in information communication technology.

How much?

R950 per person.

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