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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Carlos Valdez

Bolivia lifts restrictions on satellite companies like Starlink to upgrade its internet connectivity

Bolivia Economy - (Copyright 2025. The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Bolivia’s new government on Tuesday issued a decree that will allow global satellite internet companies such as Starlink or Kuiper to provide internet access across the Andean nation as it tries to upgrade its technology and speed up its notoriously slow connectivity rates.

Bolivia’s centrist President Rodrigo Paz signed the decree, which waives the restrictions placed on international satellite companies by the socialist administration of his predecessor, Luis Arce.

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