Starlink gears up to start satcom services in India

Starlink is gearing up to start its satellite communication (satcom) services in India, said a senior executive at the Elon Musk-owned company on Wednesday.

“A very large percentage of Starlink users are residential users who live in rural areas, and a very large number of those users are people to whom Starlink was the first option they had for truly great broadband,” Parnil Urdhwareshe, India market access director at Starlink said during a panel discussion at the India Mobile Congress conference. “So, serving those rural users is fundamental to the mission of Starlink,” he said.