Jio Platforms Partners with SpaceX

Jio Platforms has made an announcement of partnering with SpaceX to provide Starlink's broadband internet services to customers in India.

This partnership, pending SpaceX securing its authorisations, to market Starlink in India, allows Jio and SpaceX to investigate how Starlink can expand Jio's product offerings and how Jio can enhance SpaceX's direct product offerings to consumers and businesses.

Jio will distribute Starlink solutions through its retail stores and also through its online stores.

With this agreement, the companies will use Jio's position as the largest mobile operator globally in terms of data traffic and Starlink's position as the world's premier low Earth orbit satellite constellation operator to provide trustworthy broadband services to the entire nation, including India's most rural and remote areas.

Jio will not merely sell Starlink hardware in its stores but also set up a mechanism for providing customer service installation and activation.

The deal with SpaceX is in line with Jio's vision of making sure that the internet is completely available to all businesses, small and medium enterprises, and communities in India. Starlink supplements JioAirFiber and JioFiber by providing high speed internet to the most difficult places in a rapid and economical way.

Jio and SpaceX are also exploring other complimentary fields of collaboration to use their respective infrastructure to further augment India's digital ecosystem.

“Ensuring that every Indian, no matter where they live, has access to affordable and high-speed broadband remains Jio’s top priority," said Mathew Oommen, Group CEO, Reliance Jio. "Our collaboration with SpaceX to bring Starlink to India strengthens our commitment and marks a transformative step toward seamless broadband connectivity for all. By integrating Starlink into Jio’s broadband ecosystem, we are expanding our reach and enhancing the reliability and accessibility of high- speed broadband in this AI-driven era, empowering communities and businesses across the country,” he added.

“We applaud Jio’s commitment to advancing India’s connectivity” said Gwynne Shotwell, President and Chief Operating Officer of SpaceX. “We are looking forward to working with Jio and receiving authorization from the Government of India to provide more people, organizations and businesses with access to Starlink’s high- speed internet services,” he stated.