Sep 05, 2025 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji
Chile’s undersecretariat of telecommunications (Subtel) this week authorized a request submitted by Starlink to roll out six ground stations across the country. Five of them will be located in the Metropolitan Region - in the municipalities of San Bernardo, Pudahuel, Las Condes, and Quilicura. One gateway site each is planned in Cabrero (Biobío Region) and Limache (Valparaíso Region).
Meanwhile, in Ecuador, Starlink recently deployed a new community gateway ground station to the Galapagos Islands. Corporación de Telecomunicaciones (CNT), Ecuador’s public telecommunications company, recently announced: “On August 19th, CNT introduced its community gateway, with Starlink technology. This project marks a new era of connectivity for the islands, offering fiber-like speeds from space to the Galápagos Islands.”
“Starlink connecting the Galápagos Islands with a Community Gateway, providing fiber-like internet speeds from space,“ Starlink added in its own post.
