Airtel and Jio - India's largest internet service providers - have already signed B2B, or business-to-business deals with Starlink to sell its satellite-based internet service.
New Delhi:Starlink - the satellite-based internet service provider owned by Elon Musk - will begin India operations within 12 months by offering 600 to 700 Gbps, or gigabytes per second, of bandwidth, Department of Telecommunications sources told NDTV Profit Wednesday.
This initial beaming capacity will only support between 30,000 and 50,000 users at a time and in certain cities or built-up areas, but this will eventually expand to a staggering 3 Tbps, or terabytes per second, by 2027, DoT sources said, pending regulatory approval.
Two to three 'Earth station sites' - Starlink's name for centres connecting its array of satellites to the internet - have been identified, with nine 'gateways' planned per site, sources said.
A gateway is the bridge operating from an 'Earth station'. It links the user to the internet, enabling delivery of high-speed internet by connecting the satellites to the global internet infrastructure.
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