On May 10, for the ICTs Development Minister Sherzod Shermatov hosted Ben McWilliams, Starlink project manager of the American company SpaceX for access to the markets of the Middle East, South and Central Asia, as part of the Space Technology Conference STC-2022 in Tashkent.
According to the Ministry, the minister proposed SpaceX to open a representative office in Uzbekistan "to expand cooperation."
Reportedly, the company representative announced his readiness to implement large projects in Uzbekistan, as well as in other countries.
On May 9, Director General of the Uzbekcosmos Agency Shukhrat Kadirov also met with Ben McWilliams.
“The parties discussed the issue of bringing the Starlink project, which is being deployed by SpaceX, to the Uzbek market,” the agency’s press service said.
Starlink is a global satellite system created by SpaceX to provide high-speed broadband satellite Internet access in places where it is unreliable, expensive or completely unavailable.
