India, June 16 -- Starlink's potential India rollout appears to have encountered a fresh regulatory hurdle days after the Elon Musk-led satcom company said it was in active discussions with the central government.

According to an ET report, the government is unlikely to permit the use of interlinked satellites for internet services unless adequate safeguards are put in place to address security concerns. Citing sources, the report mentioned that the concern with Starlink's interlinked satellites is that such internet service may allow data to bypass national borders.

Starlink's laser inter-satellite link (LISL) technology enables newer-generation satellites to transmit data directly to one another in space, creating a mesh network that ...