Starlink, Amazon ink first satellite broadband pacts in India ahead of spectrum allocation

American satellite giants Starlink and Amazon Kuiper have signed their first commercial deals with VSAT players in India, marking a key step toward launching enterprise and government satellite broadband services, even before satellite spectrum is officially allocated, sources told Moneycontrol.

With these partnerships, the low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite broadband firms aim to monetise their offerings in B2B (enterprise) and B2G (government) segments, while simultaneously preparing to serve the retail consumer market, where pricing models are still…