Elon Musk‘s Starlink has established partnerships with India’s telecom giants Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, and Chairman of RPG Enterprises, Harsh Goenka has aptly dubbed this alliance the “new 3M” – representing Musk, Mittal, and Mukesh – a powerful trio poised to transform India’s digital infrastructure landscape. “The old 3M made its mark with Post-its….
India’s telecom giants Jio Platform and Bharti Airtel have struck separate deals with Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet service within hours of each other, reigniting their decades-long rivalry in a new frontier. Both agreements position the telecom giants as key distributors for Starlink’s equipment and services in India, pending regulatory approvals from IN-SPACe and the…
Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Jio Platforms Limited (JPL) has announced an agreement with Elon Musk‘s SpaceX to offer Starlink’s high-speed broadband internet services to its customers in India. This agreement is subject to SpaceX receiving the necessary authorisations to sell Starlink in the country. Reliance Jio, Starlink partnership: What the CEO said “Ensuring that every Indian,…
Airtel has announced partnership with SpaceX to bring Starlink’s high-speed internet services to its customers in India. This is the first agreement to be signed in India, which is subject to SpaceX receiving its own authorizations to sell Starlink in India. The deal enables Airtel and SpaceX to further explore how Starlink can complement and…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Elon Musk clashed publicly with Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski over Starlink. The public spat started after Radoslaw Sikorski claimed that Poland pays for Ukraine to use the services of Starlink, which provides crucial internet connectivity to Kyiv and its military. He further went on to claim that…
Elon Musk has strongly refuted claims that Starlink turning off terminals in Ukraine. In a post on Twitter, Elon Musk said that that no matter how much he disagreed on Ukraine policy, Starlink would never turn off its terminals. “Exactly! To be extremely clear, no matter how much I disagree with the Ukraine policy, Starlink…
Elon Musk (Left) and Vladimir Putin (Right) Tech billionaire and advisor to US President Trump, Elon Musk hit back at critics accusing him of favouring Russia, asserting that he has stood up to Vladimir Putin in the past.Responding to a user on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday, Musk wrote, “I literally challenged Putin to one-on-one…
Elon Musk has been invited to attend the Maha Kumbh mela, one of the largest spiritual gatherings in the world, by acclaimed Indian author Amish Tripathi. Sharing the news on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter), Tripathi posted, “An invigorating hour spent with none other than @elonmusk, in an exclusive event organised by…
NEW DELHI: Starlink may be heading into fresh regulatory trouble in India with satellite communications devices of the Elon Musk-run company finding its way into the hands of insurgents and smugglers, raising red flags with the home ministry and the department of telecommunications.What has made the situation even more challenging for the government is that…
SpaceX launched 20 Starlink internet satellites from Florida on Friday (October 18), including 13 with direct-to-cell capability. The liftoff occurred on Friday at 7:13 pm ET (4:43 am IST October 19 morning). Falcon 9 launched Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. In…
