Elon Musk plans 200K broadband terminals in India by December 2022

Starlink expects companies - whether small, medium or big - to look at innovative ways to make the service affordable for rural consumers.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which incorporated its 100 per cent subsidiary Starlink Satellite Communications Pvt Ltd on Monday, is planning to pilot satellite-based broadband services in 12 underprivileged districts across the country, according to sources in the know.  

The company is looking at 200,000 satellite broadband terminals in India by December 2022, of which 80 per cent would be in rural districts, says Sanjay  Bhargava, country director, India, at SpaceX. Starlink is  working closely with Niti Aayog to bring broadband connectivity to 100 schools (20 in Delhi and the rest in rural districts) as proof of concept in its first tryst