Elon Musk ‘waiting for approval from the government’ to launch Starlink in Pakistan
Billionaire Elon Musk has confirmed his Starlink company has applied to launch internet services in Pakistan.
This is in response to a post by a Pakistani netizen.
Musk says his application is awaiting approval.
Pakistan tops the list of countries that suffered the most due to internet outages in 2024.
According to Top10VPN.com, an independent VPN reviewer, the global internet disruption lasted over 88,000 hours last year which caused a financial loss of more than $7 billion.
It said Pakistan was the single most affected nation with $1.62 billion in losses, followed by Burma and Sudan.