Elon Musk’s Starlink can give only 20 lakh connections, offer up to 200 Mbps speed pan-India. Know why

Union Minister Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani said that Starlink, a billionaire Elon Musk’s satellite communication company, could only have 20 lakh connections in India in the midst of the threat of competition for state -owned BSNL and other telecom operators. PTI 28 July 2025 Monday.

Rural Development and Telecommunication State Minister Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani said that the US -based satellite internet provider can offer internet speed up to 200 Mbps, where the government will not affect other telecom operators.

Minister Pemmasani, on the sides of a BSNL review meeting, “Starlink’s only 20 Lakh customers in India and can offer speed up to 200 Mbps. This does not affect telecom services,” he said.

The company’s satellite internet services are also expected to target customers in rural and remote regions of India, a large market for the state’s telecom service provider BSNL.

Union Minister Pemmasani also said that the preliminary cost for Satcom service will be very high and that the monthly cost would probably be around. La3,000.

According to the agency report, Pemmasani also said that BSNL’s 4G network presentation has been completed and the state’s telecom provider is not planning to increase network tariffs.

The Minister said to the news agency, “We want the market first. There is no planned tariff hike,” he said.

What is Starlink?

According to the official website, the Starlink network is the world’s first and largest satellite internet provider. Technology uses the world’s sub-orbit to offer its users wide band (Wi-Fi).

People access the satellite network through this wide band network, home installations or portable starlink equipment, online games, video search and so on. They can use it to support. Billionaire Founder Elon Musk’s space technology Startup SpaceX has and controls Starlink’s worldwide operations.

Mint Starlink reported that it aims to address connection problems in India’s rural and distant regions and to expand the internal telecom industry with satellite technology.

The US -based company received an authorization from the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Center or in space for the GEN 1 constellatory capacity over India. The authorization was issued until July 7, 2030 for five years.