Reliance Jio has partnered with SpaceX to offer Starlink to its customers in India just hours after Airtel's partnership.

The CPI(M) has opposed Jio and Airtel collaboration with Elon Musk's Starlink, citing concerns over spectrum allocation and national security. Warning against monopolisation and strategic risks, the party urged the government to block the deal.

India's largest telecoms company Reliance Jio and its rival Bharti Airtel have signed separate deals with Elon Musk's SpaceX to bring the Starlink internet service to the country. The move has caught most analysts by surprise, as Musk has publicly clashed with both companies recently.

The development came a day after Bharti Airtel signed an agreement with SpaceX to bring Starlink's satellite internet services to India.

While that means India is close to offering satellite communication services in and around the country, it could still take time to happen.

In a surprise move earlier this week, Sunil Bharti Mittal-led Airtel announced a partnership Musk-led SpaceX to offer the Starlink service in India

Jio and SpaceX are exploring further areas of collaboration to enhance India’s digital ecosystem by utilizing their respective infrastructures

Indian political tensions rise as Airtel and Jio announce partnerships with Starlink. Congress accuses PM Narendra Modi of orchestrating the deals to gain favor with President Trump through SpaceX's Elon Musk.

Madhu Chopra names this actor as Priyanka Chopra's 'first mentor' in film industry, its not Shah Rukh Khan, Akshay Kumar, Salman Khan, Abhishek Bachchan but.. Meet Kush Maini, who is first Indian racer to join F1 since 2012, to now serve as...

With both Airtel and Jio announcing partnerships with Starlink, the Congress on Thursday alleged that these have been orchestrated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi "to buy goodwill" with US President Donald Trump through Starlink's owner Elon Musk.

Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh took to X (formerly Twitter) to voice his concerns on the partnership of both Airtel and Reliance Jio with Starlink, alleging that the deals were orchestrated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to curry favour with former U.