Till very recently, Elon Musk’s Starlink was on one side while Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel were on the other when it came to their proposed satellite broadband services in India and allocation of spectrum. Jio and Airtel argued that Starlink, as it is expected to cater to customers in urban areas, can only be given spectrum through the auction route. Contrary to that stand, Starlink was looking at a non-auction route or rather at administered distribution of airwaves. Then suddenly something changed in the new geopolitical setup.
In a surprise move earlier this week, Sunil Bharti Mittal-led Airtel announced

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