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Ambani's Reliance welcomes Starlink competition in first response to Musk

Global Published 16 October 2026, 08:28 · archived 16 Oct 2026

Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries said it ​welcomed competition from Elon Musk’s ‌Starlink in India’s satellite internet market, its first public response to ​a week of attacks ​by Musk, days before its ⁠Jio Platforms unit opens a ​record $108 billion IPO. Musk, the SpaceX ​and Tesla chief, has accused the Indian government and Ambani of stalling Starlink’s ​launch in a market of ​more than a billion internet subscribers, where ‌Jio ⁠is the biggest mobile operator with over 530 million customers. “Jio’s own satellite services await ​clearances,” Reliance ​said ⁠on Friday. The statement did n...

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