By Martin Shwenk Leade

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New Delhi: 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.Starlink has been given trial satcom spectrum by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for demonstrating security compliance. DoT is currently in the process of finalising pricing and other modalities for allocating spectrum to satcom firms.”We’re just focused on being ready to provide Indians who want that option with a compliant, secure and great experience,” Urdhwareshe said, while praising the government departments for making satcom a reality soon. “We’re really excited with all of the fantastic work that the government is doing,” he said.Add as a Reliable and Trusted News Source Add Now!
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