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.Elon Musk has reached an agreement to introduce Starlink to India in a tie-up with local telecoms tycoon Sunil Mittal, as the rival billionaires join forces in the battle to bring satellite internet services to the world\u2019s most populous nation.The partnership between Musk\u2019s SpaceX and Mittal\u2019s Bharti Airtel was announced on Tuesday and pitches the duo against Mukesh Ambani\u2019s Reliance Jio. Asia\u2019s richest man had previously been joined by his longtime domestic adversary Mittal in attempts to convince the government to auction spectrum for space-fed internet. Musk\u2019s view has been that spectrum should be directly allocated.\u00a0This deal with Mittal marks Musk\u2019s latest effort to break into India, a market in which his businesses have struggled to make headway owing to tariffs and regulatory issues that have stymied efforts to introduce Tesla cars to the country. Neil Shah, the Mumbai-based co-founder of Counterpoint Research, said Ambani\u2019s Jio \u2014 the country\u2019s largest telecoms operator that runs a near duopoly in India alongside Airtel \u2014 was unlikely to halt its attempts to prevent Starlink\u2019s entrance.\u00a0\u201cObviously the domestic players don\u2019t want to have much competition from outside,\u201d he added. \u201cSpaceX is way ahead of others when it comes to competition, I think that is one of the reasons why Airtel partnered with them so they can get a head start.\u201d\u201cThis is the first step,\u201d said Shah. \u201cWe\u2019ll see more going forward from Elon Musk.\u201dMusk\u2019s troubles in India appear to have eased since he took up his high-profile position as a confidant to US President Donald Trump. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Musk in Washington last month, where they discussed issues including space and technology. However, the partnership with Airtel also suggests a softening on his approach to his competitors, choosing to join forces with one of the nation\u2019s powerful domestic billionaires in an effort to crack the market.\u00a0Airtel said on Tuesday that the agreement with SpaceX would enable the two telecom groups \u201cto further explore how Starlink can complement and expand Airtel\u2019s offerings, and how Airtel\u2019s expertise in the Indian market complements SpaceX\u2019s direct offerings to consumers and businesses\u201d.Mittal\u2019s company, which already has regulatory approvals to launch satellite internet services in India through its joint venture with Anglo-French group Eutelsat OneWeb, noted that SpaceX would need to receive its \u201cown authorisations to sell Starlink\u201d in the country.\u00a0Starlink\u2019s licence to operate in India is still under review.Gwynne Shotwell, president of SpaceX, said the \u201cteam at Airtel has played a pivotal role in India\u2019s telecom story, so working with them to complement our direct offering makes great sense for our business\u201d.Amazon is also expected to soon join the race to offer the internet through satellite constellations in India, via its Kuiper Systems service.\u00a0These global companies will now jostle for dominance in the Indian market, which has an active user base of more than 900mn from a total population of 1.4bn people. Industry insiders said that satellite internet services such as Starlink were expected to increase internet penetration in India\u2019s remote villages or tough to access mountainous terrains.\u00a0However, demand for space internet services could be damped owing to their higher costs compared with 5G mobile internet, which has been rapidly rolled out across the country. \u201cThat is a big bottleneck in a price-sensitive market like India,\u201d said Counterpoint\u2019s Shah.Airtel\u2019s managing director Gopal Vittal said the partnership with Starlink \u201cenhances our ability to bring world-class high-speed broadband to even the most remote parts of India\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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