India, May 9 -- The government has given Elon Musk's Starlink a conditional nod to operate satellite-based internet services in India.

Crossing the first major regulatory hurdle, the company received the Letter of Intent (LoI) from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). However, this is not the final approval yet.

The LoI signals mutual commitment between the government and Starlink, but it comes with several conditions. Final clearance will only be granted once Starlink complies with all the licensing requirements and security protocols laid out by the DoT.

A Business Today report said that the DoT issued the LoI after Starlink accepted 29 strict security conditions, including requirements for real-time terminal tracking, mandato...