India, July 28 -- Billionaire Elon Musk's Starlink, which provides satellite communication services, will be able to give only 20 lakh connections across India, union minister Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar said on Monday.

This thus reduces the threat to other telecom players, including state-run BSNL.

"Starlink can have only 20 lakh customers in India and offer up to 200 Mbps speed. That won't affect telecom services," the Minister of State (MoS) for Telecom said.

The satellite communication services provided by Starlink, which promise high-speed internet via low Earth orbit satellites, will likely target rural and remote areas.

MoS Pemmasani said that the cost for the satcom services will be too high, adding that customers might have to p...