Starlink's service geography: the India entry and maritime gigabit
Where it stands: Where Starlink is fighting for market access — India's spectrum licence fight with Reliance, the localization pledges — and the service upgrades like maritime gigabit speeds as they ship.
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- 2026-10-31 marked quiet — The timeline has no dated event after today and no open claims, and the India rollout and spectrum questions remain unresolved, so the thread is not clearly closed but is cold.
- 2026-10-10→11 (India leg escalates; market leg deepens): (1) India — Union Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia: three satellite operators have secured licences, commercial rollout still pending (MSN, Oct 11, msn.com/en-in); Musk's fresh salvo at Mukesh Ambani ("Ambani's profits will be lower"); the Takshashila Institution report adds a named security-argument source (Musk's political clout, track record — moneycontrol.com/world); the counter-read persists — pending security clearance + unresolved spectrum pricing, "not a single oligarch." (2) Market — after the nationwide low-band spectrum win, AST SpaceMobile dropped ~6% Friday morning (Oct 9) and the ~$8B deal figure gained a second source (Clarin); Rocket Lab lost ~9% over two days ($68.40 close Oct 8), with coverage tying the damage to what SpaceX's push means for Iridium (Yahoo). Watch: licence→commercial conversion in India, spectrum-pricing decision, the Oct 29 FCC auction vote.