Head of India operations of billionaire Elon Musk-backed Starlink, Sanjay Bhargava, has resigned. Bhargava made the announcement in a post on the professional networking website LinkedIn. “I have stepped down as the country’s director and chairman of the board” starlink India My last working day was December 31, 2021 for personal reasons. I will not comment for individuals and the media, so please respect my privacy.” linkedin Post.
Starlink is a division of Musk’s SpaceX aerospace company. Bhargava’s resignation comes just days after the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) asked Starlink to stop taking bookings in India as it did not have a license to operate in the country. The government also advised people against subscribing to Starlink.
in a post last month linkedin bhargava It is written that Starlink plans to apply for a commercial license in India by the end of January. He also shared a presentation which showed that it targeted 200,000 devices in India by December 2022, with the April roll out.
And more recently, DoT asked Starlink to refund money to all customers who had pre-booked for the services, until it is licensed to operate in the country. The company said in an email to customers, “Unfortunately, the timeline for obtaining a license to operate is currently unknown, and there are several issues that must be resolved with the licensing framework so that we can operate Starlink in India.” ” “The Starlink team looks forward to making Starlink available in India at the earliest,” it added.
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