Elon Musk's Starlink gets licence to launch satellite internet service in India: Report
The licence makes Starlink the third company to receive authorisation from the telecommunications department.
Elon Musk-owned
Starlink
has reportedly got licence for satcom services in India. According to an IANS report, the
Department of Telecommunications
(DoT) has issued the Global Mobile Personal Communication by Satellite (GMPCS) permit to the US company. With this, Starlink has become the third company to secure the licence to offer its commercial services in the country after
Eutelsat's OneWeb
and
Jio-SES
. As per the report, Starlink may start its commercial services later this year or next year.
Trial spectrum to be obtained soon
The report states that Starlink is expected to receive a trial spectrum in the coming days, after meeting all the security compliance requirements outlined in its letter of intent (LoI).
Before the spectrum is allocated, Starlink must get approval from the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe). The company has already submitted the required documents for this clearance.
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The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) gave initial approval after Starlink agreed to follow the latest national security rules for satcom operators. These include 29 new conditions such as mandatory interception and monitoring systems, use of local data centres, tracking capabilities for mobile terminals, and strict localisation of services and infrastructure.
What is Starlink
For those unaware, Starlink is a satellite-based internet service developed by SpaceX, the aerospace company founded in 2002 by
Elon Musk
. It offers high-speed, low-latency broadband internet across the globe using a network of satellites—earning it the nickname 'broadband from the skies.'
Unlike traditional satellite services that use faraway geostationary satellites, Starlink operates through the world's largest network of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites, positioned just 550 km above Earth.
This growing constellation—currently at around 7,000 satellites and expected to exceed 40,000—forms a mesh network that can support data-heavy tasks like video streaming, online gaming, and video conferencing.
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