India, March 12 -- Jio Platforms Limited (JPL), a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited, on Wednesday announced an agreement with SpaceX for offering the world's leading low Earth orbit satellite Starlink's broadband internet services to customers in India, including in the country's most rural and remote regions. The agreement is subject to authorisations for SpaceX to sell Starlink in India. Rival Bharti Airtel announced a similar deal with billionaire Elon Musk's Starlink on Tuesday.

In a statement, JPL said the pact enables Jio and SpaceX to explore how Starlink can extend Jio's offerings and how Jio can complement SpaceX's direct offerings to consumers and businesses. "Jio will make Starlink solutions available through its retai...