Starlink India Applies For (DoT) License to Bring Satellite Broadband in India. The Elon Musk-owned company applied for the Global Mobile Personal Communication by Satellite (GMPCS) license with the DoT last week. SpaceX, the parent company of Starlink, has reportedly applied for a license with the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to bring satellite-based broadband to India. The competition within India’s space internet segment is heating up as Starlink gears for its launch in the country, with players including Airtel, Reliance, Amazon, and others also looking at a potentially $13 Bn market by 2025. Since the company also needs ground-based satellite gateways in India, it needs to receive approval from the Indian National Space Promotion & Authorization Centre (IN-Space) to establish them. First, Starlink India needs to obtain the approval of the Department of Space and receive spectrum for delivering satellite broadband. Starlink has the largest space broadband conste...
Starlink India Applies For (DoT) License to Bring Satellite Broadband in India.
The Elon Musk-owned company applied for the Global Mobile Personal Communication by Satellite (GMPCS) license with the DoT last week. SpaceX, the parent company of Starlink, has reportedly applied for a license with the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to bring satellite-based broadband to India.
First, Starlink India needs to obtain the approval of the Department of Space and receive spectrum for delivering satellite broadband.
Starlink has the largest space broadband constellation in the world, with 3,451 satellites being launched and slightly over 2,700 being operational. The company has plans to launch as many as 12,000 satellites eventually to provide global coverage.
Satellite internet is a type of internet service that beams data directly from your provider to a satellite in space, and eventually to a dish at your home. In other words, it is a wireless connection that involves three satellite dishes. One is at the internet service provider’s hub, the second is in space, and the final is attached to your property. Additionally, you also need a modem and cables running to and from the dish to your modem. Once everything is connected, the ISP will send the internet signal to the dish in space which relays it to you. Whenever you make a request, it goes to the dish in space and the ISP’s hub. Then the completed request is sent back through space first to your dish and then to your computer. This technology immensely helps users who live in rural areas that lack wired internet services.
The competition within India’s space internet segment is heating up as Starlink gears for its launch in the country, with players including Airtel, Reliance, Amazon, and others also looking at a potentially $13 Bn market by 2025. Since the company also needs ground-based satellite gateways in India, it needs to receive approval from the Indian National Space Promotion & Authorization Centre (IN-Space) to establish them.
First, Starlink India needs to obtain the approval of the Department of Space and receive spectrum for delivering satellite broadband.
Starlink has the largest space broadband constellation in the world, with 3,451 satellites being launched and slightly over 2,700 being operational. The company has plans to launch as many as 12,000 satellites eventually to provide global coverage.
How does satellite internet work?
SpaceX to seek approval for Starlink satellite internet in India.
Starlink India had plans to launch its services in India last year and it started taking pre-bookings around March 2021. The company had asked India’s Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to approve the use of satellites to deliver broadband services in India before that.However, in November 2021, DoT intervened by stating that Starlink needs to get all the requisite licenses to operate in India and ordered it to refund the pre-booking amount of $99 (INR 7,500 per last year’s exchange rates) to Indian users. By December 1, 2021, Starlink ceased the pre-bookings, refunding all the users.
How much does Starlink internet cost?
Starlink offers a starting price of $99 per month for 50mbps to 150mbps internet speed, plus a one-time payment of $499 Starlink Kit that includes a mounting tripod, Wi-Fi router, and a user terminal that connects to the satellites. This new technology is powered by a satellite internet constellation constructed by SpaceX.
