作者：Alisha Sachdev埃隆·马斯克指责未具名的竞争对手在印度阻挠了SpaceX的星链（Starlink）卫星宽带网络，此举明显是在暗讽亿万富翁穆克什·安巴尼（Mukesh Ambani）和苏尼尔·巴蒂·米塔尔（Sunil Bharti Mittal）。
By Alisha Sachdev Elon Musk accused unnamed rivals of blocking SpaceX’s Starlink satellite broadband network in India, an apparent swipe at billionaires Mukesh Ambani and Sunil Bharti Mittal.
SpaceX一直在等待总理纳伦德拉·莫迪（Narendra Modi）政府的批准，以便在印度提供星链服务。在印度，由安巴尼的Reliance Industries Ltd.和米塔尔的Bharti Airtel Ltd.控制的公司多年来已在电信领域建立了强大的市场地位。
SpaceX has been awaiting approval from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to offer Starlink service in India, where companies controlled by Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd. and Mittal’s Bharti Airtel Ltd. have spent years building formidable positions in telecom.
“不幸的是，某些寡头正在阻挠我们，以维持他们对印度人民的垄断控制，”马斯克在他的社交媒体平台X上写道。“你们可以猜猜他们是谁……”根据最新的政府数据，印度最大的两家私营电信运营商——Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd.和Bharti Airtel——合计拥有约9.1亿宽带用户，占该国市场的80%以上。
“Unfortunately, we are being blocked by certain oligarchs in order to maintain their monopolistic chokehold on the Indian people,” Musk posted on his social media platform X. “You can guess who they are...”India’s two biggest private telecom operators, Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. and Bharti Airtel, together account for roughly 910 million broadbandrs, more than 80% of the country’s market, according to the latest government data.
Reliance Jio和Bharti Airtel在正常工作时间结束后收到的评论请求尚未立即回应。
Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment sent after regular business hours.
彭博社6月报道称，由于安全方面的担忧，印度实际上已暂停对星链商业发射的最终审批。当时，熟悉此事的人士表示，印度内政部下属的安全机构尚未批准这项近地轨道服务开始运营。
Bloomberg reported in June that India had effectively frozen final approvals for Starlink’s commercial launch due to security concerns. Security agencies under the country’s Home Ministry withheld clearances for the low-Earth orbit service to begin operations, people familiar with the matter said at the time.
星链已在印度获得了卫星通信许可证，但仍需等待安全许可和频谱分配，才能正式投入商业运营。
Starlink has secured a satellite communications license in India but is still waiting for the security clearances as well as spectrum before it can switch on commercially.
周三，星链业务运营副总裁劳伦·德雷尔（Lauren Dreyer）在新德里的一场行业会议上表示，该公司过去五年一直与印度监管机构合作，并专门围绕印度的安全要求构建网络，实现了“每一层都有控制机制”，同时确保印度用户的数据保留在印度境内。她说：“一旦印度做好准备，我们随时准备为印度提供服务。”
Speaking at an industry conference in New Delhi on Wednesday, Lauren Dreyer, vice president of Starlink business operations, said the company has spent five years working with Indian regulators and had built its network specifically around the country’s security requirements, with “controls at every layer” and Indian user data kept within India. “We’re standing ready to serve India once India is ready,” she said.
Bharti 是 Eutelsat Communications 的最大股东之一，而 Eutelsat Communications 正是 Eutelsat OneWeb 卫星网络的运营商，该网络是全球 Starlink 在低地球轨道领域最大的竞争对手之一。Airtel 则与 SpaceX 单独合作，向印度客户提供 Starlink 服务，这体现了围绕该市场正在形成的复杂联盟关系。
Bharti is one of the largest shareholders in Eutelsat Communications, operator of the Eutelsat OneWeb satellite network that’s one of Starlink’s biggest low-Earth orbit competitors worldwide. Airtel has separately partnered with SpaceX to offer Starlink to its Indian customers, an illustration of the complicated alliances emerging around the market.
Reliance 通过 Jio Satellite Communications 以及与卢森堡卫星运营商 SES SA 的合资企业，也拥有自己的卫星发展计划。Jio、OneWeb 和 Starlink 是获得印度卫星通信许可证的三家公司之一，但截至目前，尚无任何一家完全启动商业服务。
Reliance has its own satellite ambitions through Jio Satellite Communications and its joint venture with Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES SA. Jio, OneWeb and Starlink are among the three companies that have received India’s satellite-communications licenses, although none has yet fully switched on commercial service.
Reliance 旗下的电信和数字服务部门 Jio Platforms Ltd. 正在为本月晚些时候可能成为印度历史上最大规模的首次公开募股做准备。
Jio Platforms Ltd., Reliance’s telecom and digital services arm, is preparing for what may be the biggest initial public offering in India’s history later this month.