By signing deals with India’s two biggest telecom players, the tech tycoon and Trump adviser has improved his odds of breaking into an enormous market.

Elon Musk, the owner of Starlink, announced on platform X that despite disagreements with Ukraine's policies, Starlink terminals in the country would not be shut down. This statement followed a heated exchange between Musk and Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski.

Under new rules from President Trump’s Commerce Department, a $42 billion high-speed internet effort will no longer favor fiber-optic cable.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is likely to push for satellite internet services to be initially limited to mobile dark zones — regions lacking terrestrial network coverage. This move comes as Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio establish partnerships with SpaceX’s Starlink,