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Starlink Gets License to Start India Services
The Daily Guardian
|June 07, 2025
Elon Musk's Starlink has received a license from the telecom department for providing satellite internet services in India, a key milestone that will take it closer towards launching commercial operations in the country.
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Starlink is the third company after Eutelsat OneWeb and Jio Satellite Communications to get a license from the Department of Telecommunications to provide satellite internet services in the country.
A fourth applicant, Amazon's Kuiper is still waiting for approvals.
DoT sources confirmed on Friday that Starlink has indeed received the license, and said the company will be granted trial spectrum in 15-20 days of applying for it.
Starlink will now have to comply with the security norms such as providing access for lawful interception, before starting services.
The license came hours after a huge public spat between Musk and US President Donald Trump falling-out between the world's richest man and the world's most powerful person began when Musk, who left his role as head of the Department of Government Efficiency a week ago, denounced Trump's sweeping tax-cut and spending bill.
On Thursday, it erupted in the verbal duel after Trump criticised Musk in the Oval Office. Musk responded saying "Trump would have lost" without his help, prompting the US President to end US contracts.
This story is from the June 07, 2025 edition of The Daily Guardian.
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