Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.India\u2019s biggest telecom companies, led by rival billionaires Mukesh Ambani and Sunil Bharti Mittal, are primed to launch satellite internet services as they challenge Elon Musk\u2019s attempts to establish Starlink in the country.Bharti Airtel\u2019s joint venture with Eutelsat OneWeb, the Anglo-French satellite communications group, could start operating as early as June and Ambani\u2019s JioSpaceFiber expects to follow later this year, according to four people familiar with the matter. Musk\u2019s SpaceX, the owner of Starlink, has been trying to enter the country for more than three years, but has not won regulatory approvals and was rebuked in 2021 by local authorities for signing up customers without having the proper licences. During Narendra Modi\u2019s visit to the US last year, Musk told the Indian prime minister that he was eager to bring Starlink to the country with the goal of servicing isolated regions that had little or no high-speed internet.Mittal\u2019s company has taken the early lead in India\u2019s internet space race. Unlike its competitors, it has obtained all the necessary approvals and can immediately launch once the new government allocates satellite spectrum following the national elections that ended in early June. Modi is set to govern in a coalition alliance after his Bharatiya Janata party lost its outright majority.\u201cOnce you do get connectivity, people tend not to change their providers,\u201d said Santosh Tiwari, a Bengaluru-based partner at consultancy EY Parthenon, which estimates satellite internet in India is a potential $1bn revenue market.\u201cThe focus will be on business-to-business internet \u2014 that\u2019s where most of the money will come from\u201d, Tiwari said. \u201cRetail internet across those areas, that rollout will possibly take more time.\u201dBharti Airtel was in discussions to provide internet to India\u2019s army and navy in remote areas without conventional broadband services, said one of the people close to the company, adding that it had \u201ca leg up compared to the competition\u201d.Ambani\u2019s Reliance Industries, which owns India\u2019s largest telecoms network with just over half of the nation\u2019s 924mn wireless and wired broadband subscribers, is still awaiting the nod from the nation\u2019s space industry regulator, IN-SPACe.The full rollout of JioSpaceFiber, Reliance\u2019s joint venture with Luxembourg satellite network provider SES, may be outlined at the conglomerate\u2019s annual meeting. The meeting is usually in August, when Ambani was known to make major announcements, said one of the people.The product will serve as a small business-to-business \u201cniche\u201d offering, with Jio\u2019s main focus remaining on expanding broadband internet access across the country of 1.4bn, according to another.However, even if Ambani and Mittal are able to secure approvals ahead of Musk, it is unlikely they will ever be able to rival Starlink\u2019s network of more than 6,000 low-orbit satellites and SpaceX\u2019s near-monopoly on reusable rockets, with more than 100 launches forecast this year.Starlink was well established and \u201ccould start quickly\u201d in India, said an industry executive, but \u201cthey don\u2019t have gateways into the country, they are much further behind\u201d.India\u2019s local media reported in April that the provider had received tentative approvals from the country\u2019s telecom ministry ahead of Musk\u2019s highly anticipated trip to New Delhi, when he was expected to announce the establishment of a Tesla factory.But Musk cancelled the visit at the last minute and travelled to neighbouring rival China. There have not been further updates on Starlink\u2019s approvals or the Tesla factory since then. Bharti Airtel, Reliance, SpaceX, along with India\u2019s space regulator and the department of telecommunications, did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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