Business EconomyPosted at: Mar 12 2025 11:07PM


Starlink, welcome to India, says IT Minister

New Delhi, Mar 12 (UNI) Union Railways and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has welcomed Elon Musk promoted “Starlink to India” as it has entered into an agreement with India’s two leading telecom firms Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio to offer highspeed internet to their subscribers.
“Starlink, welcome to India! Will be useful for remote area railway projects,” Ashwini Vaishnaw said on his social media handle X.
Starlink delivers high-speed, low-latency internet to users all over the world. As the world's first and largest satellite constellation using a low Earth orbit, Starlink delivers broadband internet capable of supporting streaming, online gaming, video calls and more.  Starlink is engineered and operated by SpaceX.
In his agreement with Bharti Airtel, SpaceX will explore offering Starlink equipment in Airtel’s retail stores, Starlink services via Airtel to business customers, opportunities to connect communities, schools, and health centers, among many others, in even the most rural parts of India. Airtel and SpaceX will also explore how Starlink could help expand and enhance the Airtel network, as well as SpaceX’s ability to utilize and benefit from Airtel’s ground network infrastructure and other capabilities in India.
Bharti Airtel promoter Sunil Mittal today issued a statement saying “satellite technology” should be no different from existing technologies like 4G, 5G and 6G for telecom subscribers.
“For the telecom industry, the addition of satellite technology should be no different from bringing new technologies to its customers. Just like 4G, 5G, and 6G in the future, we will now have one more technology in our mix, i.e. SAT-G. Soon customers will be able to carry their mobiles to the remotest part of the world, with them in the skies and blue oceans. A new era of seamless global connectivity beckons,” Mittal said in a statement.
In a similar kind of agreement, Reliance Jio also signed an agreement with SpaceX for offering Starlink’s highspeed broadband internet services in India.
Jio Platforms Limited (JPL) announced an agreement with SpaceX to offer Starlink’s broadband internet services to its customers in India. This agreement, which is subject to SpaceX receiving its own authorizations to sell Starlink in India, enables Jio and SpaceX to explore how Starlink can extend Jio’s offerings and how Jio can complement SpaceX’s direct offerings to consumers and businesses, Reliance Industries said in a regulatory filing with the stock exchanges.
Jio will make Starlink solutions available through its retail outlets as well as through its online storefronts.
Through this agreement, the parties will leverage Jio’s position as the world's largest mobile operator in terms of data traffic and Starlink’s position as the world’s leading low Earth orbit satellite constellation operator to deliver reliable broadband services across the country, including the most rural and remote regions of India.
Jio will not only offer Starlink equipment in its retail outlets but will establish a mechanism to support customer service installation and activation, RIL said.
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