Elon Musk¡¯s Starlink Internet Will Go Live In Rural India By December 2022
At the time of writing this article, Starlink is only available in the US, Canada, Australia, Chile, UK and Portugal as a part of the beta test.
Elon Musk¡¯s Starlink satellite internet connection could soon go live in India, for ten rural Lok Sabha constituencies.
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This was revealed by Country Director for Starlink in India, Sanjay Bhargava via his LinkedIn post. In the post, he revealed how SpaceX is looking to focus on ten rural Lok Sabha constituencies for 80 percent of terminals shipped to India.
The company is also expected to meet legislators and ministers to bring in 100 percent broadband connectivity and how it could improve the lives of the citizens of the nation.
Bhargava stated, ¡°In October I am also keen to have 30-minute virtual conversations with MP's, Ministers, secretaries to GOI, or principal secretaries to states to see if they think 100% broadband would help improve lives.¡±
He added, ¡°We will probably focus on ten rural Lok Sabha constituencies for 80% of the Starlink terminals shipped to India. The number of preorders from rural constituencies will be one factor that helps us select focus constituencies.¡±
Bhargava became a part of Starlink¡¯s India division last week. The satellite-internet company that made its first launch in 2018 has sent over 1,600 satellites in lower-earth orbit that promise to provide high-speed internet connectivity to areas that aren¡¯t connected to wired or wireless internet.
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At the time of writing this article, Starlink is only available in the US, Canada, Australia, Chile, UK and Portugal as a part of the beta test. However, it did allow Indians to sign up for the beta testing when the satellite internet arrived in India.
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In another post from a few days ago, Bhargava highlighted that Starlink is aiming to have 200,000 terminals active in India by December 2022, with over 5,000 terminals already being pre-ordered in the nation.
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The terminals come with a dish that wirelessly connects with the satellites in LEO (lower-Earth-orbit). The internet connection in the beta runs offers a latency between 20 to 40 milliseconds and internet speeds ranging from 50 to 150Mbps.
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