LA PLATA, Maryland — It took the Ugandan government 24 hours to get Starlink to disable terminals illegally operating on its territory. The Iranian government has been trying for more than two years to achieve the same result at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), to no effect.

In Iran’s case, the Norwegian and US regulatory agencies first pleaded to the ITU that Starlink might not be capable of geo-fencing its operations, and that this was a matter for Iranian border authorities, not the ITU.

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