Starlink-Connected Rural Schools in Argentina Complete First Video Call Under 6,000-School Programme

Rural schools in Argentina newly connected under the government's Starlink programme completed their first high-speed video call on September 23, 2026, a symbolic milestone in the rollout that will eventually cover 6,000 rural schools nationwide. The programme — a three-way agreement between Starlink, communications regulator ENACOM and the Ministry of Human Capital's Education Secretariat, approved by ENACOM and published in the Official Gazette on September 7, 2026 — provides complete satellite kits plus two years of priority internet service (a third year funded via the Universal Service Fund), at a total cost of roughly $21.9 million. Students and teachers at the connected schools, who previously had to travel about 30 kilometres to get online, used the internet in their classrooms for the first time.