Starlink May Soon Launch Satellite Internet Service in India, Its License is Getting Approved by Dot

Starlink, which provides satellite internet service of Billionaire Elon Musk, may soon launch its service in the country. Starlink may get Global Mobile Communication by Satellite (GMPCS) license from the Telecom Department (DOT).

This license allows satellite based network service providers to install satellite terminals. A media report states that Starlinks were given a deadline to fulfill the conditions related to the Security Compliance in the letter of intent (Loi) by June 7 and the company has completed it. However, this does not mean that Starlink service can begin immediately. This report states that the company will have to install gateways. This is a network operations center and may take a few months.

Starlink will have to take the final approval from the Inter-Menristial Standing Committee. After this the company will be allotted provisional spectrum. However, Kuiper, a project related to the satellite internet service of American technology company Amazon, has not received approval to start service in the country. Amazon has not been released by DOT for this service. Starlink is developed by Musk’s rocket company Spacex. It is providing high-speed broadband internet service in many countries using satellite technology. Geostationary satellites are used for general internet services. In contrast, Starlinks uses the largest low meaning orbit consultation.

Telecom companies like Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel have said that if the price of satellite spectrum is kept low then it will harm their business. These companies say that this can benefit Starlink companies. Last month, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) proposed to pay four percent of their annual revenue to the central government for satellite internet service providers. Starlinks lobbied for not auctioning the satellite spectrum. This company said that licenses should be given according to the international trend for this. Starlinks argued that this is a natural resource that companies associated with communication should share.