WINDHOEK, June 22 - Namibia's communications regulator said on Monday it dismissed an appeal ‌by Starlink against the rejection of its ‌license applications, reaffirming that Elon Musk's satellite internet provider failed ​to meet local ownership requirements.

• The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) rejected Starlink's applications for a telecommunications service license and radio spectrum access in ‌March, citing non-compliance ⁠with ownership and control requirements under the country's Communications Act.

• "Starlink's application remained non-compliant ⁠with the ownership and control requirements under section 46 of the Communications Act, No. 8, 2009," ​said CRAN ​in a statement.

• ​The regulator added that ‌Starlink's reconsideration application was filed after the statutory deadline, which expired on April 23.

• CRAN received 624 reconsideration requests from the public, 622 of which were dismissed for failing to meet procedural ‌and jurisdictional requirements.

• The ​two submissions that met the ​threshold introduced no ​new facts and identified no material ‌error in the original decision, ​the regulator ​said.

• "CRAN affirms that the reconsideration of requests did not provide a sufficient legal or factual ​basis to ‌alter the original decision," it added.

(Reporting by ​Nyasha Nyaungwa;Witing by Sfundo Parakozov;Editing by Alexander ​Winning and Bill Berkrot)