Airtel has teamed up with SpaceX to bring Starlink Internet to India. Takeaway Points Bharti Airtel and SpaceX teamed up to bring Starlink’s high-speed internet services to its customers in India. Airtel is a global communications solutions provider with over 550 million customers in 15 countries across India and Africa.

Telco giant Airtel Tuesday announced a partnership with SpaceX to launch Starlink’s high-speed satellite internet services in India — years after Elon Musk’s company made its first moves to enter the country, the world’s second-largest internet market after China.

Jio Platforms and Bharti Airtel are now preparing to compete in both traditional broadband and the satellite internet market. Starlink, developed by SpaceX, will offer internet coverage via a network of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites.