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Informist, Wednesday, Mar. 12, 2025

--Jio Platforms in pact with SpaceX to offer Starlink broadband internet svcs

MUMBAI – Jio Platforms Ltd Wednesday said it has entered into an agreement with SpaceX to offer Starlink's broadband internet services to its customers in India. This agreement, which is subject to SpaceX receiving its own authorisations to sell Starlink in India, enables Jio Platforms and SpaceX to explore how Starlink can extend Jio's offerings and how Jio can complement SpaceX's direct offerings to consumers and businesses, according to a press release. Jio Platforms will make Starlink solutions available through its retail outlets as well as through its online storefronts.

Jio will not only offer Starlink equipment in its retail outlets but will establish a mechanism to support customer service installation and activation. The agreement with SpaceX is part of Jio's commitment to ensure that reliable internet is fully accessible to all enterprises, small and medium businesses, and communities across India, it added.

Starlink complements JioAirFiber and JioFiber by extending high speed internet to the most challenging of locations in a quick and affordable manner. Jio and SpaceX are also evaluating other complementary areas of cooperation to leverage their respective infrastructure to further enhance India's digital ecosystem.

Through this agreement, the parties will leverage Jio's position as the world's largest mobile operator in terms of data traffic and Starlink's position as the world's leading low Earth orbit satellite constellation operator to deliver reliable broadband services across the country, including the most rural and remote regions of India, Jio Platforms said in a press release.

Starlink delivers high-speed, low-latency internet to users all over the world. As the world's first and largest satellite constellation using a low Earth orbit, Starlink delivers broadband internet capable of supporting streaming, online gaming, video calls and more. Starlink is engineered and operated by SpaceX.

Jio Platforms is a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Ltd. It has built a world-class all-internet protocol data strong future proof network with latest fiveth generation and fourth generation long-term evolution technology, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd.

On Tuesday, Bharti Airtel has also signed an agreement with the SpaceX to bring Starlink's high-speed internet services to its customers in India. This is the first agreement to be signed in India, which is subject to SpaceX receiving its own authorisations to sell Starlink in India.

Reliance Industries had reported a consolidated net profit of INR 185.40 billion for the December quarter on revenue of INR 2.44 trillion. On Tuesday, shares of the company closed 0.7% higher at INR 1,247.30 on the National Stock Exchange.  End

Reported by Pooja Sawant

Edited by Akul Nishant Akhoury

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