Satellite Connectivity Providers in Colombia

Satellite still carries less than 1% of internet accesses in Colombia, according to MinTIC, but it is the only option for much of the Amazon, the Orinoquía, the Pacific coast and the mountain municipalities, and the backup line for many companies elsewhere. Three kinds of company share the market: Starlink resellers, geostationary broadband providers, and engineering firms that build rural networks for public programmes.

Low Earth orbit: Starlink

IFX Networks, Gtd Colombia, Claro, Movistar Empresas and Sencinet sell Starlink to companies and public bodies with installation and support. A 2026 document on satellite services in Colombia presented to the ITU puts Starlink's typical speed at about 100 Mbps down and 15 Mbps up. See our Starlink Colombia page for prices.

Geostationary broadband

Hughes de Colombia has sold HughesNet Ka-band satellite internet since 2017 to homes and small businesses; the same ITU document puts its typical speed at about 20 Mbps down and 2 to 3 Mbps up.

Rural networks and VSAT

Gilat Colombia, the Bogotá office of the VSAT manufacturer Gilat Satellite Networks, builds rural connectivity and school networks for MinTIC. INRED installs and maintains free public Wi-Fi hotspots in remote municipalities on SES satellites, including the Zonas Comunitarias para la Paz programme and a project for Leticia and the Amazon.