Starlink enters Sri Lanka, its third South Asian market.

• Starlink, a SpaceX-operated satellite Internet service, is now available in Sri Lanka, marking the third South Asian market to allow the service.
• Elon Musk, SpaceX’s founder and CEO, announced the service’s availability on his social media platform X.
• Starlink’s top executive, Parnil Urdhwareshe, has facilitated launches in neighboring countries.
• Starlink’s monthly rates are ₹3,430–4,280 for residential connections and ₹4,280–8,560 for portable ‘roam’ plans.
• The one-time hardware equipment is priced at ₹17,185–33,685 (60,200–1,18,000 LKR).
• Starlink has obtained a Global Mobile Personal Communications by Satellite (GMPCS) authorization, but still needs orbital slot assignments and spectrum allocation.