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IVodacom ibambisene ne-Starlink ka-Elon Musk
Isivumelwano sizohlanganisa ukubuyiselwa kwesathelayithi ye-Starlink kunethiwekhi yeselula yakwaVodacom.
Ukubambisana kuhlose ukuvala ukuhlukana kwe-Afrika kwedijithali, ukuxhuma izikole ezikude, izikhungo zezempilo, namabhizinisi amancane ngenkathi kuvulwa amathuba amasha okukhula komnotho.
I-Vodacom Group isimemezele ubudlelwano obuyingqopha-mlando ne-Starlink, inkampani enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni ehlinzeka nge-satellite broadband, ukuze kunwetshwe ukufinyelela kwe-inthanethi enesivinini esikhulu, ebambekayo ephansi ezigidini zamabhizinisi nemiphakathi yasemakhaya yonkana i-Afrika.
Ngalesi sivumelwano, iVodacom izohlanganisa ubuchwepheshe be-Starlink bokubuyisela emuva ngesathelayithi kunethiwekhi yayo yeselula ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukusebenza futhi kusheshiswe ukunwetshwa komkhakha ezindaweni ezikude.
Ubambiswano luzoqinisa ingqalasizinda yasemaphandleni yakwaVodacom, lunikeze ukufinyelela okuthembekile kwe-inthanethi ezikoleni, izikhungo zezempilo kanye namabhizinisi amancane.
AbakwaVodacom bazophinde bagunyazwe ukuthi badayisele futhi amakhasimende ebhizinisi namabhizinisi amancane amabhizinisi nezinsiza ze-Starlink, ngezinhlelo zokulungisa lokho okunikezwayo ukuze kuhambisane nezidingo ezahlukahlukene kanye namazinga okukwazi ukukhokhela izimakethe zase-Afrika.
Isikhulu seVodacom Group, uShameel Joosub, uthe ukubambisana kuyingqophamlando emkhankasweni wenkampani wokuxhuma wonke umuntu wase-Afrika ku-inthanethi.
“Siyajabula ukusebenzisana ne-Starlink, isinyathelo esisheshisa umgomo wethu wokuxhuma wonke umuntu wase-Afrika ku-inthanethi,” kusho uJoosub. “Ubuchwepheshe besathelayithi ye-Low Earth orbit buzosiza ukuvala ukuhlukana kwedijithali lapho ingqalasizinda evamile ingenzeki khona, futhi lokhu kubambisana kuzovula amathuba amasha kwabangaxhunyiwe.”
U-Chad Gibbs, iPhini likaMongameli we-Starlink Operations kwa-SpaceX, uthe isivumelwano sizokwandisa ukufinyelela kwenkampani ezwenikazi lonke.
“I-Starlink isivele isebenzela abantu, amabhizinisi nezinhlangano emazweni angama-25 ase-Afrika,” kusho uGibbs. “Ngokusebenzisana neVodacom, iStarlink ingaletha ukuxhumana okuthembekile, okushesha kakhulu kumakhasimende engeziwe, iguqule izimpilo nemiphakathi yonkana e-Afrika.”