By signing deals with India’s two biggest telecom players, the tech tycoon and Trump adviser has improved his odds of breaking into an enormous market.

Vodafone completed what they called the world’s first space-based mobile video call from an area with zero mobile coverage in January, and now under the new venture - called SatCo - plan to commercially offer their technology to other mobile operators across the continent.

India’s telecom giants Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio have announced partnerships to launch Elon Musk’s Starlink services in India in a bid to provide better connectivity to their customers. Until last year,