New Delhi: When the concoctions around satellite-based internet services getting speed in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the Indian Space Association, the grouping of space and satellite companies, on October 11 (ISA) represents Homegrown and global companies with advanced abilities in technology Space and satellite.
Members of the founder include Bharti Airtel, Larsen & Toubro, Nelco (Tata Group), Oneweb, Mapmyindia, Walchandnagar Industry and Ananth Technology Limited.
The company has targeted a satellite-based broadband service business in India, and one Web – where Airtel Chair Sunil Mittal’s Bharti Global holds the biggest bet and has other partners such as the UK government – is one of the beginning.
Other companies that want to enter the business include the richest businessman in the world Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk.
Venture Internet Satellite Musk, Starlink, and Bezos’ Amazon has held a separate consultation with the Telecommunications Ministry – as well as the Department of Space – to start satellite-based internet services in India and can file a license immediately.
Plans of various companies that target this sector are to offer big bandwidth plots – with a speed as high as 1 Gbps and even more – through low orbit satellites (LEO) to be deployed at a distance of around 1,000 km from Earth.
Bandwidth will then be sold to various users / customers who will include business companies, trains, shipping companies, defense companies, airlines, and telecommunications companies, so they directly compete with people like airtel and Jio.
Also, this service can be used to reach dark zones in rural areas, as well as difficult terrain such as desert and mountainous areas, and those full of Naxals and other sensitive locations.
PM Modi to launch Indian Space Body Association Industry
