New Delhi– Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday said he is looking forward to serving India with his affordable internet service Starlink.
Musk’s comment came in response to an X post by Union Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, who met Lauren Dreyer, Vice President and Senior Director–Starlink Business Operations at SpaceX.
“A pleasure to meet @LaurenDreyer, Vice President of Starlink Business Operations (SpaceX) and the senior leadership team to discuss advancing satellite-based last-mile access across India,” Scindia wrote.
He added that as India works to advance Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of a digitally empowered nation, “satellite technology will play a pivotal role in extending connectivity to the most remote parts of the country and strengthening internet access to every citizen in rural and hard-to-reach regions, ensuring that digital inclusion accelerates broader development.”
Earlier this week, Starlink faced a configuration glitch that caused the India pricing page to appear on its local website. The company later said the issue had been fixed and that the numbers displayed did not represent the actual cost of Starlink service in India.
The Starlink India website briefly showed service prices at Rs 8,600 per month, with new subscribers required to purchase a hardware kit for Rs 34,000.
Dreyer clarified in an X post that “The Starlink India website is not live, service pricing for customers in India has not yet been announced, and we are not taking orders from customers in India”.
“There was a config glitch that briefly made dummy test data visible, but those numbers do not reflect what the cost of Starlink service will be in India. The glitch was quickly fixed,” she said.
Dreyer added that Starlink is eager to connect people in India with its high-speed satellite internet and that “our teams are focused on obtaining final government approvals to turn service (and the website) on”.
Starlink promotes features such as plug-and-play installation, more than 99.9 per cent uptime, extreme weather resistance, and no data caps, positioning the service as an option for regions where terrestrial broadband remains unreliable. (Source: IANS)
