Elon Musk’s Starlink has acquired a key licence from the telecom ministry, sources with data of the matter instructed Reuters on Friday, clearing a significant hurdle for the satellite tv for pc supplier and taking it nearer to launching business operations in India.
Starlink is the third firm to get a licence from the Division of Telecommunications, which has permitted related purposes by Eutelsat’s OneWeb and Reliance Jio to offer providers within the nation.
Starlink and the Division of Telecommunications didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Starlink has been ready since 2022 for licences to function commercially in India however delays have occurred attributable to causes together with nationwide safety considerations. Amazon’s Kuiper remains to be ready for its India licence.
In latest months, Musk’s firm has additionally clashed with billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s entity Jio over how the nation ought to grant spectrum for satellite tv for pc providers. India’s authorities has sided with Musk that spectrum ought to be assigned and never auctioned. (Reporting by Aditi Shah and Aditya Kalra, extra reporting by Munsif Vengattil in Bengaluru, Enhancing by Jane Merrman and Raju Gopalakrishnan)