Elon Musk’s Starlink is getting really close to launching in India. That happened. And the thing is, they just made the residential price official on their India website.
The big takeaway? Satellite internet from Starlink is not going to be cheap. Let’s be real.
Starlink Price: The Breakdown
The price listing is now live. It confirms what many industry watchers expected, or nothing.
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The Hardware: You pay a one-time fee of ₹34,000 for the kit. You set it up yourself—plug it in, point it skyward, done.
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The Monthly Fee: The residential plan costs ₹8,600 per month.
You get unlimited data for that price. They promise 99.9% uptime and all-weather connections. Plus, a 30-day trial period, those too.
This pricing puts Starlink way up there compared to local fiber connections, which are super cheap in India. But what draws people there? Starlink is aiming for remote areas, places fiber cables just can’t reach. That’s the key market.
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The Regulatory Hang-Up
The full commercial rollout isn’t official yet. That process is ongoing.
The Starlink website still says: “pending regulatory approval.” And when you search for plans in your city, the site just tells you the service isn’t available yet. That happened.
However, things are moving. They already have the five-year license from the Department of Telecommunications. Final clearances are expected soon. Once they get the full green light, Starlink will be competing directly with Jio-SES and Eutelsat OneWeb.
The Infrastructure Push
Starlink is definitely laying the groundwork.
They’re hiring: they recently posted job openings for their Bengaluru office—payments, tax, and accounting specialists. And then Y followed. They are setting up multiple gateway earth stations across key cities: Mumbai, Noida, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Kolkata, and Lucknow. These stations are crucial for getting that low-latency, stable connection from the satellites down to the ground.
The whole battle now centers on how the government handles spectrum allocation. Will they auction it off, or use administrative allocation? That decision will impact every major satcom player. But Starlink’s strategy stands out: they plan to go direct-to-consumer from day one, unlike rivals who are focusing more on enterprise clients. The business plan prices? Those are still under wraps. We wait.
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