The company owned by global tycoon Elon Musk, who is eager to tap the vast business opportunities in india, will soon do business with India. Key preliminary permits have been issued for this. Although it has always wanted to operate its satellite communication business in india, the arrival of the appropriate permits has been delayed from time to time. Recent developments have taken place to check this. Musk has been trying to provide his Starlink company's satcom services in india for a long time. What is the business it does so far? That is, it can provide telecom services to areas where traditional broadband services are not available. As part of this, India's leading telecom companies, jio and Airtel, have also signed agreements. Now, the Starlink business has received preliminary approvals from the Telecom Department. With this, the company will get the final license after signing the agreement and paying the prescribed fees.
Compared to traditional satellite services that rely on distant geostationary satellites, it uses low Earth orbit satellites that are 550 km away from the Earth. Currently, there are up to 7,000 of them, but it is said that they will increase to 40,000 in the coming days. An interesting fact is that Musk's tesla is eager to bring airspeed to India. In the light of the latest developments, there are expectations that the Starlink business will start even faster than Tesla. So far, licenses have been received for this business by Eutel Sat One Web and jio Satellite Communications. services will be launched after the spectrum is allocated. Musk has been trying for this license in india for a long time. Recently, reliance jio, by signing agreements with Bharti Airtel, it is said that there will be no need to set up its own distribution, customer service, and infrastructure.
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Sowmiya Sriram

09/05/2025 10:48 AM