Sri Lanka grants preliminary approval for Elon Musk’s Starlink to provide Internet services

Colombo: Sri Lanka on Thursday said it has granted preliminary approval for Starlink to provide satellite-based Internet services in the island nation, less than a month after President Ranil Wickremesinghe met its owner Elon Musk in Indonesia and discussed the issue. State Minister of Technology Kanaka Herath said that the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) has granted preliminary approval for ‘Starlink’ satellite internet service.