For nearly FIVE YEARS, Elon and the Starlink team have been trying to bring high-speed internet to India, especially to rural and remote areas where reliable connectivity is still difficult and expensive to reach
Starlink has spent years working through Indiaโs requirements
It has secured its telecom licences, received IN-SPACe approval, built 20+ gateway sites and designed its operations specifically around Indiaโs security requirements including keeping Indian user data inside India
And yet Starlink still cannot serve a single commercial customer
The final clearances and spectrum assignment are still pending
India is still about 64% ruralโฆ..roughly 941 million people live in rural areas
Starlink is ready
The ground infrastructure is already built
That years-long delay is hard to justify and incredibly frustrating
Starlink will give many more people another way to access high-speed internet, especially in places where fibre and mobile networks struggle to reach
And that makes the situation even harder to understand when Digital India itself is built around broadband access and closing connectivity gaps
If the goal is really to bring more Indians online, Starlink should not still be sitting on the sidelines after nearly five years
US: bans Huawei, calls it national security threat
China: Starlink? blocked. we'll make our own, thanks
India: please follow our regulations
Elon: CRIME AGAINST INDIA
make it make sense
UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES??
what have you written? @cb_doge
India's remote is already enjoying high-speed 5G internet at affordable prices.
And no community is underserved in our country. ๐ฎ๐ณ
ELON MUSK: โWeโd love to be operating Starlink in India. That would be great.โ
Itโs been nearly four years since Starlink applied to operate in India, and it is still waiting to launch.
The government should grant the remaining approvals as soon as possible so Starlink can bring high-speed internet to Indiaโs remote and underserved communities.
Starlink in India would enable high-speed, affordable Internet connectivity for those who canโt afford current prices or who donโt have a connection at all!