Tesla CEO Elon Musk wrote on X, "Much appreciated! We will do our best to serve the people of India with Starlink." Earlier, Reliance Jio's Mukesh Ambani and Airtel's Sunil bharti Mittal were demanding an auction for the allocation of satellite spectrum.

Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio has been vocal about the need to allocate such spectrum through an auction to give a level playing field to legacy operators.

The satellite spectrum allocation by the Indian government has triggered India’s dominant telco the Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio that earlier privately lobbied for auction. However, after Elon Musk’s criticism of the same,

The long-running debate over how satellite spectrum would be allocated in India appeared to reach an important milestone: India announced it would allocate spectrum for satellite services through administrative means - essentially setting a price that is payable first-come,

Both Elon Musk and Mukesh Ambani’s companies were at loggerheads over the allocation of satellite broadband spectrum. Reliance Jio got backing of Sunil Bharti Mittal’s Airtel who also pitched for auction,

Elon Musk’s Starlink Inc. has logged a win in the fight for India’s satellite broadband market with a government minister saying the spectrum will be allocated, and not auctioned as sought by homegrown billionaires Mukesh Ambani and Sunil Mittal.

India's government on Tuesday said it will allot spectrum for satellite broadband administratively and not via auction, hours after Elon Musk criticized the auction route being sought by rival billionaire Mukesh Ambani as "unprecedented".

India is set to allocate spectrum for satellite services through administrative means rather than auction, a decision that aligns with recent comments by Elon Musk and rebuffs lobbying efforts by the country's largest telecom operators.

While Elon Musk could be celebrating a minor victory with the Indian government upholding administrative allocation of spectrum and leveling the ground, the exciting times for communication may have just begun for India.

The fight over how India should allocate satellite broadband spectrum intensified on Tuesday as Elon Musk said any move by New Delhi to auction it, rather than allocate it, would be "unprecedented", challenging the position of rival billionaires.