Broadband From Skies: DoT Issues Letter Of Intent To Musk’s Starlink For Satcom Services

Elon Musk’s Starlink has cleared the first step toward launching satellite internet services in India by securing a Letter of Intent from the Department of ‘Telecommunications to beam services from Indian skies.

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Highly-placed sources said the Lol has been issued to Starlink which now has to secure a licence before being able to start operations, Starlink is a satellite internet service developed by SpaceX — the American aerospace manufacturer and space transportation company founded in 2002 by the world’s richest man, Musk. It provides high-speed, low-latency broadband internet worldwide using satellite technology. The firm has tied up with the top two telecom operators - Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel -to bring Starlink’s high-speed internet to their customers in India.