Vantage with Palki Sharma | N18G India’s top telecom giants, Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, have signed separate deals with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to bring Starlink internet to the country. The agreements could reshape India’s broadband landscape,

Reliance Jio has partnered with SpaceX to offer Starlink to its customers in India just hours after Airtel's partnership.

Despite the growing presence of Starlink's satellite broadband services, India's leading telecom players, Jio and Bharti Airtel, are unlikely to face significant competition, according to a report by JM Financial.

India's largest telecoms company Reliance Jio and its rival Bharti Airtel have signed separate deals with Elon Musk's SpaceX to bring the Starlink internet service to the country. The move has caught most analysts by surprise, as Musk has publicly clashed with both companies recently.

SpaceX is still awaiting permission from the government to officially launch Starlink's services in the country.

India’s telecom giants Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio have announced partnerships to launch Elon Musk’s Starlink services in India in a bid to provide better connectivity to their customers. Until last year,

Despite their ambitious plans, both Airtel and Jio must wait for SpaceX to secure regulatory clearances before Starlink can officially launch in India.

India’s two major telecom companies - Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel have signed agreements with SpaceX to distribute Starlink’s satellite internet services in the country. However, the Elon Musk-owned company is still awaiting regulatory approvals from the Indian government.

While that means India is close to offering satellite communication services in and around the country, it could still take time to happen.

The announcements about Starlink’s tie-ups with the Indian telecommunication giants follow Trump’s decision to impose reciprocal tariffs on India from April 2.

The deals with Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, which together control more than 70% of India’s telecom market, could help bring internet connections to millions of people who live in remote areas.