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The geopolitics of Starlink: What Elon Musk’s satellite internet would mean for India and Indian telecom players like Jio and AirTel

Anurag - 29 October, 2024

Elon Musk’s Starlink's India entry has sparked concerns over sovereignty, data security, and market competition with major telcos like Jio and Airtel.

World

‘Moraes is the dictator of Brazil, Lula is his lapdog’: Elon Musk fumes after Brazil govt freezes Starlink accounts. Read what happened

Shraddha Pandey - 30 August, 2024

Elon Musk slammed Brazil's top court judge who ordered freezing of Starlink bank accounts and threatened to take down X (formerly Twitter) in Brazil.

News Reports

SpaceX boss Elon Musk to launch StarLink satellite internet service in Indonesia along with President Widodo

ANI - 16 May, 2024

The satellite-powered Internet provider would help Indonesia broaden Internet access to regions uncovered by local Internet providers on account of geographical factors, he said.

News Reports

Starlink among nine companies to provide free internet service in Mexico, secures $90 million contract

OpIndia Staff - 16 November, 2023

Starlink secured a contract a 1.56 billion peso ($89.80 million) contract to offer free internet in Mexico until the end of 2026.

World

Elon Musk to provide Starlink internet in Gaza, Israel warns Hamas will use it for terrorist activities

OpIndia Staff - 29 October, 2023

Elon Musk said in an X post, "Starlink will support connectivity to internationally recognised aid organizations in Gaza."

News Reports

Did Elon Musk prevent a nuclear war? Claims CNN report on new Musk biography, read what SpaceX chief himself says about Starlink in Russia-Ukraine...

OpIndia Staff - 8 September, 2023

Elon Musk said that Ukrainian request to activate Starlink internet upto Sevastopol was rejected as it would have madee SpaceX a complicit in major act of war