Musk-owned Starlink gets approval to operate satellite services in India

The Centre on Wednesday gave Elon Musk’s Starlink approval to operate satellite internet services in India, over two years after the US firm applied for a license. The letter of intent was issued by the department of telecommunications (DoT), pending final clearance.

A similar license has already been issued by the DoT to Airtel-backed Eutelsat OneWeb and Reliance Jio’s satellite arm Jio Space Limited.