![]() ![]() We give what is called dedicated bandwidth to each customer. “There is a difference in our strategy in tapping the space (compared with Starlink). He expects three-four companies, including SpaceX-owned Starlink and Viasat-Inmarsat, to complete the space communication industry. On competition in the satellite communication sector, Mittal said “the space industry competition is hot enough, but equally there are too many players and that’s why consolidation has become important”. Smart metering infra on unlicensed spectrum not secure: COAI The company is leveraging partnerships with different players including the telecom operators to provide their services instead of going directly to consumers. The biggest markets for the company are the US, Canada, Europe, Africa, and West Asia. Globally, OneWeb is looking at a revenue potential of over $1 billion (Rs 8,200 crore) from selling the capacity of 1.1 tbps and expects the revenue to increase once the operations scale going forward. Globally, OneWeb has over 1.1 tbps (terabyte per second) of satellite connectivity capacity and of that, India has 11 gbps (gigabyte per second) capacity, which it will sell through Hughes. They are already talking to the customers,” Mittal said, adding that Hughes is OneWeb’s joint venture and will be the primary source of sales into the rest of the market, including the government. “The enterprise wing of Airtel will be selling the (satellite connectivity) services to the enterprise customers who have godowns or factories in remote areas. Indus Towers is creating one ground station, whereas the other is being taken up by Nxtra Data, Airtel’s data centre arm. OneWeb is also leveraging the expertise of Airtel in launching its two satellite ground stations in Gujarat and Madurai. With regard to the pricing of satellite broadband services, Mittal said that it will be higher and cannot be on a par with the “extremely low” mobile tariffs in the country. One of the key challenges Trai is faced with is how to sell unit-wise spectrum that is on a per megahertz (MHz) basis. Trai chairman PD Vaghela has earlier said that the spectrum for satellite communication will be allocated through auctions and India would be the first country to resolve the issues around it. He added that capacities dedicated to India cannot be moved to other places. “If the delay happens on the government’s side, which I hope not, we are just going to deprive ourselves from giving services because we cannot land this in India unless we have the permissions,” Mittal said. ![]() OneWeb has a constellation of 618 low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites globally.Īrgument that 6GHz spectrum not crucial for Wi-Fi is misleading, experts sayĪnalysts said if the government’s satellite communication policy, which deals with the methodology of allocating spectrum, does not come on time, OneWeb’s launch in India could get delayed. These stations send radio signals to the satellite (uplink), receive data from the satellite (downlink) and serve as control centres for satellite network. Satellite ground stations are required to provide real-time communication with satellites. Nobody gets it dedicated, everybody has to share the spectrum,” Mittal added. In the case of satellite spectrum, it is a shared resource. “In the mobile industry, when I get the spectrum, it’s mine, I use it for a period of time (let’s say 20 years) and nobody else has the right to come into this spectrum. I am hopeful that the government will follow the global practices,” Mittal said. “Globally, there is no spectrum auction for satellite services because this is a shared resource. ![]() They will never allocate this individually to me and it makes no sense for us to get it (exclusively via auction) because we don’t need it for more than two places in the country,” Mittal said, adding that the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) should come out with a policy which fully capitalises on these projects for the benefit of India’s most remote parts, and emergency services. Listed realtors set to grab a third of market by FY25
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