Starlink India Row: Sunil Mittal Claims Five-Year Head Start Over Elon Musk

Brief By ANI News / 5:22 PM on 14 Oct 2026

Bharti Enterprises chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal said his company is significantly ahead of Elon Musk’s Starlink in India’s satellite internet approval queue. Mittal said he applied five years ago and would welcome receiving a licence even days before Starlink. Musk recently alleged that powerful business interests in India were obstructing Starlink’s entry into the country’s satellite internet market.