India, March 11 -- Indian telecom giant Bharti Airtel on Tuesday announced a deal with Elon Musk's SpaceX to bring the revolutionary Starlink's satellite internet service to India.

This agreement is subject to SpaceX receiving authorisations to sell Starlink's satellite communications-based services in India, Airtel said in a statement.

As per the current agreement, the deal will enable Airtel and SpaceX to explore how Starlink could complement and expand Airtel's offerings, and how Airtel's expertise in the Indian market would help Starlink establish a customer base in one of the most competitive markets in the world.

Bharti Airtel Managing Director and Vice Chairman Gopal Vittal said that working with SpaceX to offer Starlink service...