{"id":41489,"date":"2025-11-12T07:19:45","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T07:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=41489"},"modified":"2025-11-12T07:19:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T07:19:45","slug":"274081","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/11\/12\/274081\/","title":{"rendered":"Vodacom signs &#8216;pivotal&#8217; deal with Starlink"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_228058\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-228058\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-228058 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Vodacom-signs-pivotal-deal-with-Starlink.jpg?resize=640%2C341&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Vodacom signs 'pivotal' deal with Starlink - Shameel Joosub\" width=\"640\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Vodacom-signs-pivotal-deal-with-Starlink.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/techcentral.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/shameel-joosub-1500-800-3-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/techcentral.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/shameel-joosub-1500-800-3-1024x546.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/techcentral.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/shameel-joosub-1500-800-3-768x410.jpg 768w, https:\/\/techcentral.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/shameel-joosub-1500-800-3-150x80.jpg 150w, https:\/\/techcentral.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/shameel-joosub-1500-800-3-450x240.jpg 450w, https:\/\/techcentral.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/shameel-joosub-1500-800-3-1200x640.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-228058\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vodacom Group CEO Shameel Joosub<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Vodacom Group<\/strong> has announced what it has described as a \u201cpivotal\u201d agreement with Elon Musk\u2019s Starlink to provide internet access to businesses across Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement will also result in expanded rural network coverage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIntegrating Starlink\u2019s satellite backhaul into Vodacom\u2019s mobile network will accelerate network coverage expansion while increasing network performance in rural areas,\u201d Vodacom said in a statement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Vodacom will resell Starlink equipment and services to enterprise and small business customers in Africa, while \u201cretaining the flexibility to create localised value propositions that consider the unique requirements and affordability of the African market\u201d.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right;\">Read: Amazon\u2019s Kuiper in deal for rural cell towers in Southern Africa<\/h3>\n<p>Vodacom Group CEO Shameel Joosub said in the statement: \u201cLow-Earth orbit satellite technology will help bridge the digital divide where traditional infrastructure is not feasible, and this partnership will unlock new possibilities for the unconnected.\u201d\u00a0 \u2014 <em>\u00a9 2025 NewsCentral Media<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Get breaking news from TechCentral on WhatsApp.\u00a0<\/em><em>Sign up here<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Vodacom #signs #pivotal #deal #Starlink<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vodacom Group CEO Shameel Joosub Vodacom Group has announced what it has described as a \u201cpivotal\u201d agreement with Elon Musk\u2019s&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41489"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41491,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41489\/revisions\/41491"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}