India, June 30 -- Elon Musk-led Starlink and Amazon-backed Project Kuiper have reportedly signed their first commercial agreements with VSAT players in India, marking a step towards launching enterprise and government-focused satellite broadband services in the country.

A Moneycontrol report, citing sources, said that these partnerships have been formalised even before the official allocation of satellite spectrum.

"Both Starlink and Amazon have been working to form partnerships in India. They are already scouting VSAT partners and have secured a few in India, focusing on the B2B and B2G spaces," a source told the publication.

VSAT service providers are companies that offer satellite-based communication services using very small apertu...