{"id":23373,"date":"2026-02-06T05:46:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T03:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/uae-company-launches-satellite-service-in-sa\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:34:10","slug":"uae-company-launches-satellite-service-in-sa","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/uae-company-launches-satellite-service-in-sa\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE company launches satellite service in SA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">United Arab Emirates (UAE) based AI-powered SpaceTech company, Space 42, has launched its next-generation satellite services, Thuraya-4, in South Africa (SA) .<\/div>\n<div id=\"x_ms-outlook-mobile-signature\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>The move promises to revolutionise connectivity for the most remote corners of the Republic, yet questions remain as the company moves forward without final approval from the industry regulator, \u00a0Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA).<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>The launch could result in the introduction of new telecoms products, including a satellite smartphone, maritime solutions and tactical networks.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>The service is designed to provide secure, satellite connectivity where terrestrial networks are often unreliable.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Communications and Digital Technologies Minister, Solly Malatsi, delivered a keynote address at the launch.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>\u201cSA\u2019s Digital Economy Masterplan and Digital Transformation Roadmap are built on this logic. They recognise that infrastructure, platforms and governance must work together to create outcomes that benefit people and that positively impacts their daily lives. The work that will be showcased today by Space42, including its geospatial intelligence platform and the Foresight Constellation, reflects the kind of capability that can strengthen national planning and regional cooperation.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21182,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-23373","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"The service is designed to provide secure, satellite connectivity where terrestrial networks are often unreliable.","published_date":null,"news_description":"The service is designed to provide secure, satellite connectivity where terrestrial networks are often unreliable.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26358,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23373\/revisions\/26358"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=23373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}