BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 11. Uzbekistan is in talks with SpaceX company, hoping to bring its Starlink global satellite system for domestic use, Trend reports via Uzbek Ministry of Information and Communications.
Starlink is a global satellite system created by SpaceX to provide high-speed broadband satellite Internet access in places where it is unreliable, expensive or completely unavailable.
According to the ministry, The SpaceX received an offer to open a representative office in Uzbekistan.
On May 10, as part of the Space Technology Conference STC-2022 held in Tashkent (Uzbekistan), Uzbek Minister for the Development of Information Technologies and Communications Sherzod Shermatov held a meeting with Starlink project manager for access to the markets of the Middle East, South and Central Asia, Ben McWilliams.
According to the ministry, McWilliams announced readiness for the company to implement large projects in Uzbekistan.