{"id":1238542,"date":"2025-03-11T07:25:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T11:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1238542"},"modified":"2025-03-11T07:25:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T11:25:00","slug":"spacex-partners-with-airtel-to-launch-starlink-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1238542","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX Partners With Airtel To Launch Starlink in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>SpaceX&#8217;s Starlink has secured its first agreement in India, partnering with telecommunications leader Bharti Airtel to bring high-speed satellite internet to the world&#8217;s most populous country, the companies announced Tuesday [PDF]. <\/p>\n<p>The landmark deal will enable Starlink to tap into Airtel&#8217;s extensive retail network and ground infrastructure while expanding its global reach into previously underserved regions across India, pending regulatory authorizations. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are excited to work with Airtel and unlock the transformative impact Starlink can bring to the people of India,&#8221; said Gwynne Shotwell, President and Chief Operating Officer of SpaceX. &#8220;The team at Airtel has played a pivotal role in India&#8217;s telecom story, so working with them to complement our direct offering makes great sense for our business.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The collaboration will explore selling Starlink equipment through Airtel&#8217;s retail stores and offering services to business customers while connecting communities in rural areas with limited connectivity.<\/p>\n<div class=\"share_submission\" style=\"position:relative;\">\n<a class=\"slashpop\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=SpaceX+Partners+With+Airtel+To+Launch+Starlink+in+India%3A+https%3A%2F%2Ftech.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F03%2F11%2F1125227%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/twitter_icon_large-167.png\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"slashpop\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftech.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F03%2F11%2F1125227%2Fspacex-partners-with-airtel-to-launch-starlink-in-india%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/facebook_icon_large-169.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tech.slashdot.org\/story\/25\/03\/11\/1125227\/spacex-partners-with-airtel-to-launch-starlink-in-india?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed\">Read more of this story<\/a> at Slashdot.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/slashdot.org\/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=23632791&amp;smallembed=1\" style=\"height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SpaceX&#8217;s Starlink has secured its first agreement in India, partnering with telecommunications leader Bharti Airtel to bring high-speed satellite internet to the world&#8217;s most populous country, the companies announced Tuesday [PDF]. The landmark deal will enable Starlink to tap into &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1238542\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[101,44,110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1238542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-slashdot","category-technology","category-unfiltered-rss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1238542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1238542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1238542\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1238542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1238542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1238542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}