Overview
- Vice President Lauren Dreyer said a configuration glitch briefly exposed dummy figures on the India website and that Starlink has not announced local prices or started taking orders.
- The briefly visible page showed a residential plan at ₹8,600 per month with a ₹34,000 hardware kit, plus unlimited data, a 30‑day trial, 99.9% uptime and self‑installation, which Starlink says were not final.
- Starlink’s availability map lists India as pending regulatory approval, reflecting outstanding Department of Telecommunications and TRAI clearances.
- Reports indicate Starlink is preparing gateway earth stations in Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai and Noida, alongside recent hiring in Bengaluru and a Maharashtra government LoI for public‑sector deployments.
- Industry coverage points to retail tie‑ups with Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel and positions the service for remote and underserved areas, with enterprise pricing and spectrum decisions still to be settled.