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Amazon and SpaceX Want In on India’s Satellite Internet Market
As global resistance to Starlink dies down, Elon Musk wants to beam connectivity across the world’s most populous country. So do a lot of his rivals.
For years, a stash of computers has been gathering dust at a local school in Daringbadi, a village nestled into the lush hillside of India’s eastern state of Odisha that’s reachable only by twisting mountain roads. If satellite internet providers such as Elon Musk’s Starlink or any number of rivals were allowed to operate in India, it would be a game changer, says Bidesi Naik, a teacher at the school. But as low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite networks proliferate, there’s a new chance for the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to solve that digital divide.
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