US EditionElon Musk's Team Reacts After Starlink's Unexpected India Pricing Leak Goes Live — Calls It A 'Config Glitch' As Approval Wait Continues
A configuration glitch briefly showed dummy prices on Starlink India’s site as the company awaits final government approval to launch services.
- On December 8, 2025, Starlink's India website briefly displayed dummy prices, including Rs 8,600 monthly and Rs 34,000 for hardware, which were quickly fixed, according to the company.
- Starlink said a configuration glitch briefly exposed internal dummy test data, and Lauren Dreyer clarified the India website is not live and orders are not open pending approvals.
- SpaceX has been quietly preparing India operations by hiring and opened four Bengaluru-based positions, while Starlink markets plug-and-play installation with more than 99.9% uptime and no data caps.
- The glitch was quickly fixed, but Starlink said service cannot begin until final government approvals arrive and teams are ready to activate service.
- Maharashtra signed a Letter of Intent with Starlink to deploy satellite services in remote districts, while planned gateway earth stations target a market with 999.81 million broadband subscribers.
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Elon Musk's Team Reacts After Starlink's Unexpected India Pricing Leak Goes Live — Calls It A 'Config Glitch' As Approval Wait Continues
Elon Musk‘s satellite internet company Starlink clarified Monday that subscription fees for its service in India have not been set and orders are not open, following a brief website glitch that showed dummy pricing. The company’s website earlier showed a subscription fee for residential satellite internet service in India as ₹8,600 (about $95) per month, along with a hardware kit priced at ₹34,000 ($378), including unlimited data, a 30-day trial…
Starlink says India site glitch showed fake prices, real plans will launch after govt approval
Starlink has clarified that the pricing briefly visible on its India website was only dummy test data caused by a glitch, and the company will reveal real plans only after securing final government approvals.
Starlink India Price Fake or Real? Lauren Dreyer Says Website Displayed 'Dummy Test Data' and Not Final Pricing Due to 'Technical Glitch' | 📲 LatestLY
Lauren Dreyer, Vice President and Senior Director–Starlink Business Operations at SpaceX, said in an X post that “The Starlink India website is not live, service pricing for customers in India has not yet been announced, and we are not taking orders from customers in India”. This came after the Starlink India website went live with service pricing for customers in India. 📲 Starlink India Price Fake or Real? Lauren Dreyer Says Website Displayed …
India Pricing Was A "Glitch", Just Dummy Data, Says Starlink
After facing a configuration glitch that displayed Starlink's India pricing on its local website, the company said on Monday that the glitch has now been fixed and "those numbers do not reflect what the cost of Starlink service will be in India".
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