New Delhi, March 11 -- Airtel has signed an agreement with Elon Musk-owned SpaceX to bring Starlink's high-speed internet services to its customers in India, the telecom operator informed stock exchanges in a filing on Tuesday.

Satellite telecom in India will help the country provide much-needed services to remote interior places where conventional telecom services tend to be costly.

The Bharti Airtel informed stock exchanges that this is the first agreement to be signed in India, which is subject to SpaceX receiving its own authorisations to sell Starlink in India.

This agreement enables Airtel and SpaceX to further explore how Starlink can complement and expand Airtel's offerings, and how Airtel's expertise in the Indian market compl...