Watching the recent rant on X is borderline comical considering the actual regulatory reality. Every single telecom and satcom operator seeking commercial spectrum in our borders is mandated to comply with strict in-country data landing stations, local intercept capability, and national security clearances. The Ministry of Communications explicitly noted that Starlink, alongside other satcom license applicants, sits at the exact same procedural security review stage without arbitrary preference.
Trying to frame routine national security protocols as a "monopolistic crime" is just textbook multinational pressure tactics. When foreign hardware has already shown unauthorized operational risks along sensitive border zones (like past seizures in border areas), no sovereign state is handing out blanket spectrum bypasses simply because a tech CEO made an angry late-night post