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Time of India
26-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
India ramps up satellite monitoring, spectrum safeguards to secure national interests ahead of satcom boom
As satellite-based communication services near commercial rollout, the Indian government is stepping up efforts to secure national interests amid expected dominance by global players such as Elon Musk's Starlink, Jeff Bezos-led Amazon Kuiper, and Eutelsat OneWeb. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Officials aware of the matter told The Economic Times that a slew of strategic measures are being finalized to boost domestic capabilities in the satcom space. These include setting up a satellite monitoring facility with an outlay of over Rs 930 crore, reserving spectrum and orbital resources for Indian non-geostationary satellite orbit (NGSO) operators, and creating a favourable regulatory ecosystem for establishing gateways within India. 'Some of the measures are likely to be announced through the new Telecom Policy, which will create a roadmap for the next five years or by 2030,' said one official. Another official said the Digital Communications Commission (DCC)—the top inter-ministerial panel within the Department of Telecommunications (DoT)—has already cleared the proposal for the satellite monitoring facility. This facility will track both Indian and foreign satellites operating over Indian airspace and monitor satellite-based communication services. 'Apart from monitoring, the facility would be helpful for mitigating interference from adjacent satellites in the Indian sky and there would be better coordination,' the official added. At present, India has limited presence in the low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications market, which is gaining traction due to its high-speed, low-latency potential. In contrast, global players are expanding rapidly: Starlink already has nearly 7,000 satellites in orbit, Amazon Kuiper plans to launch more than 3,000, and Eutelsat OneWeb currently operates over 600 satellites. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now While the Bharti Group holds the largest stake in Eutelsat OneWeb, its operational capacity still falls short of Starlink and Kuiper. 'There is no India LEO satellite operator as of now, but the situation may change in future and that is why the government does not want Indian entities to be on the backfoot,' the official noted, adding that spectrum and orbital slots would be reserved for upcoming Indian ventures. The government is also considering enabling frameworks to promote ground stations and gateway infrastructure from India, potentially allowing the country to serve as a regional hub. These gateways—critical for supporting NGSO satellite constellations—are complex and capital-intensive installations comprising multiple antennas. 'The law enforcement agencies can take a call which countries can be allowed to be served from Indian gateways,' the official said. According to IN-SPACe, India's space economy has the potential to reach $44 billion by 2033, up from a current global share of just 2 per cent to a projected 8 per cent. The commercial rollout of satcom services is expected in the coming months, contingent on spectrum allocation by DoT. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has already recommended that satcom spectrum be administratively allocated for five years at a fee of 4 per cent of adjusted gross revenue (AGR). 'Already there are many startups in the satcom space, and the government wants India to emerge as a major player in the satellite market. The regulatory framework will be streamlined and simplified to unlock the potential of the satellite market,' said the second official. The preliminary draft of the new telecom policy is expected to include these structural changes, with a focus on building domestic capacity while maintaining sovereign control over satellite infrastructure and data.
India.com
26-05-2025
- Business
- India.com
Elon Musk's Starlink to shake up Mukesh Ambani's Jio, Sunil Mittal's Airtel,Vodafone and BSNL? to provide internet per month only in Rs…
Elon Musk's company, Starlink, may soon launch satellite internet services in India. According to an Economic Times report, Starlink can offer unlimited data plans from Rs 840 per month. This will help the company to acquire 10 million customers in India but its hardware might be costly. Starlink Internet Prices In India Starlink and other satellite internet providers like Bharti Group's Eutelsat OneWeb, Reliance Jio's joint venture with SES, and Globalstar, are preparing to roll out services in India. This pricing strategy can help Starlink establish their base in India. It can challenge existing internet service providers like Airtel, Jio, Vi, and BSNL. Potential Starlink Price In India Satellite internet providers will have to bear a lot of expenses on spectrum and licensing but they are likely to keep prices low to attract customers. Globally, Starlink's hardware kits range between $250 (about Rs 21,300) and $380 (about Rs 32,400). This expense will be much higher for Indian users when other broadband service companies offer good speeds at lower prices. Eutelsat OneWeb and Jio-SES have already received regulatory approvals to launch satellite internet services in India. Starlink is awaiting final clearance from India's space regulator and has received a letter of intent from the Department of Telecommunications. Advantages of satellite internet is that it can provide connectivity in remote and rural areas where traditional broadband infrastructure is difficult to deploy. Satellite internet doesn't require ground-based infrastructure like towers or optical fiber lines. It only requires a receiver on the ground. However, there are other challenges like Starlink currently has about 7,000 satellites which can serve 4 million users globally. Even if the company increases its satellite count to 18,000, it might still only be able to serve 1.5 million users in India by 2030. Additionally, only 0.7%-0.8% of India's geographical area comes under global satellite coverage; it means only 700-800 satellites can actually be operational in India at any given time. Whereas the country already has over 800,000 telecom towers and 3 million mobile signal stations. Satellite internet can't immediately replace ground-based networks but Elon Musk's Starlink has potential to slowly disrupt it.
Time of India
26-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Centre to safeguard national interests as global satcom players seek entry
With satcom services set to be mainstreamed soon, the government is prioritising national safeguards in light of the expected overseas dominance of firms such as Elon Musk-owned Starlink , Jeff Bezos-led Amazon Kuiper , and Eutelsat OneWeb . Officials aware of the details told ET among the measures that will be taken include setting up a satcom monitoring facility with an outlay of over '900 crore to track satellites (Indian and foreign) over Indian skies, reserving orbital and spectrum resources for upcoming Indian satellites, especially NGSO (non- geostationary), and having a favourable ecosystem to set up gateways in India, that will serve local and global operations. "Some of the measures are likely to be announced through the new Telecom Policy , which will create a roadmap for the next five years or by 2030," said one of the officials. A second official said the Digital Communications Commission (DCC), which is an inter-ministerial panel and the highest decision-making body of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), has already cleared the proposal for setting up the satellite monitoring facility with an outlay of around '930 crore. The facility, once operational, will monitor both local and foreign satellites over Indian skies and satellite-based communication services in the country. "Apart from monitoring, the facility would be helpful for mitigating interference from adjacent satellites in the Indian sky and there would be better coordination," the official said. Currently, the Indian participation is minimal in the satcom market, particularly in the low-earth orbit (LEO), which is increasingly becoming lucrative from a communications point of view. US Billionaires Starlink is the dominant player with around 7,000 satellites already in orbit. Amazon Kuiper, too, is going to have more than 3,000 satellites, while Eutelsat OneWeb has more than 600 satellites in the sky. The Bharti Group is the largest stakeholder in Eutelsat OneWeb, but its capacity is far lower than Starlink and what Kuiper can offer in the coming years. There is no India LEO satellite operator as of now, but the situation may change in future and that is why the government does not want Indian entities to be on the backfoot when they consider entering in the coming years, towards which resources would be reserved for them, officials said. "Already there are many startups in the satcom space, and the government wants India to emerge as a major player in the satellite market. The regulatory framework will be streamlined and simplified to unlock the potential of the satellite market," said the second official. The preliminary draft of the new telecom policy calls for establishing an effective regulatory framework to safeguard the country's interests and sovereign rights to keep optimal orbital and spectrum resources for upcoming Indian satellites, especially NGSO. Also, there would be an enabling framework for provisioning ground stations as a service (GSaaS) from India on a global level. India can act as a hub of gateways for serving countries. Setting up satellite earth station gateways for NGSO systems is a capital-intensive exercise and also very complex in nature consisting of multiple antennas. The NGSO operators, therefore, want to establish an optimum number of gateways to serve various jurisdictions across the globe.
Economic Times
25-05-2025
- Business
- Economic Times
Centre to safeguard national interests as global Satcom players seek entry
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel With satcom services set to be mainstreamed soon, the government is prioritising national safeguards in light of the expected overseas dominance of firms such as Elon Musk-owned Starlink , Jeff Bezos-led Amazon Kuiper , and Eutelsat OneWeb Officials aware of the details told ET among the measures that will be taken include setting up a satcom monitoring facility with an outlay of over '900 crore to track satellites (Indian and foreign) over Indian skies, reserving orbital and spectrum resources for upcoming Indian satellites, especially NGSO (non- geostationary), and having a favourable ecosystem to set up gateways in India, that will serve local and global operations."Some of the measures are likely to be announced through the new Telecom Policy, which will create a roadmap for the next five years or by 2030," said one of the officials.A second official said the Digital Communications Commission (DCC), which is an inter-ministerial panel and the highest decision-making body of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), has already cleared the proposal for setting up the satellite monitoring facility with an outlay of around '930 facility, once operational, will monitor both local and foreign satellites over Indian skies and satellite-based communication services in the country. "Apart from monitoring, the facility would be helpful for mitigating interference from adjacent satellites in the Indian sky and there would be better coordination," the official the Indian participation is minimal in the satcom market, particularly in the low-earth orbit (LEO), which is increasingly becoming lucrative from a communications point of is the dominant player with around 7,000 satellites already in orbit. Amazon Kuiper, too, is going to have more than 3,000 satellites, while Eutelsat OneWeb has more than 600 satellites in the sky. The Bharti Group is the largest stakeholder in Eutelsat OneWeb, but its capacity is far lower than Starlink and what Kuiper can offer in the coming is no India LEO satellite operator as of now, but the situation may change in future and that is why the government does not want Indian entities to be on the backfoot when they consider entering in the coming years, towards which resources would be reserved for them, officials said."Already there are many startups in the satcom space, and the government wants India to emerge as a major player in the satellite market. The regulatory framework will be streamlined and simplified to unlock the potential of the satellite market," said the second preliminary draft of the new telecom policy calls for establishing an effective regulatory framework to safeguard the country's interests and sovereign rights to keep optimal orbital and spectrum resources for upcoming Indian satellites, especially NGSO. Also, there would be an enabling framework for provisioning ground stations as a service (GSaaS) from India on a global level. India can act as a hub of gateways for serving up satellite earth station gateways for NGSO systems is a capital-intensive exercise and also very complex in nature consisting of multiple antennas. The NGSO operators, therefore, want to establish an optimum number of gateways to serve various jurisdictions across the globe.
Time of India
25-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Centre to safeguard national interests as global Satcom players seek entry
With satcom services set to be mainstreamed soon, the government is prioritising national safeguards in light of the expected overseas dominance of firms such as Elon Musk-owned Starlink , Jeff Bezos-led Amazon Kuiper , and Eutelsat OneWeb . Officials aware of the details told ET among the measures that will be taken include setting up a satcom monitoring facility with an outlay of over '900 crore to track satellites (Indian and foreign) over Indian skies, reserving orbital and spectrum resources for upcoming Indian satellites, especially NGSO (non- geostationary), and having a favourable ecosystem to set up gateways in India, that will serve local and global operations. "Some of the measures are likely to be announced through the new Telecom Policy, which will create a roadmap for the next five years or by 2030," said one of the officials. A second official said the Digital Communications Commission (DCC), which is an inter-ministerial panel and the highest decision-making body of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), has already cleared the proposal for setting up the satellite monitoring facility with an outlay of around '930 crore. Live Events The facility, once operational, will monitor both local and foreign satellites over Indian skies and satellite-based communication services in the country. "Apart from monitoring, the facility would be helpful for mitigating interference from adjacent satellites in the Indian sky and there would be better coordination," the official said. Currently, the Indian participation is minimal in the satcom market, particularly in the low-earth orbit (LEO), which is increasingly becoming lucrative from a communications point of view. US Billionaires Starlink is the dominant player with around 7,000 satellites already in orbit. Amazon Kuiper, too, is going to have more than 3,000 satellites, while Eutelsat OneWeb has more than 600 satellites in the sky. The Bharti Group is the largest stakeholder in Eutelsat OneWeb, but its capacity is far lower than Starlink and what Kuiper can offer in the coming years. There is no India LEO satellite operator as of now, but the situation may change in future and that is why the government does not want Indian entities to be on the backfoot when they consider entering in the coming years, towards which resources would be reserved for them, officials said. "Already there are many startups in the satcom space, and the government wants India to emerge as a major player in the satellite market. The regulatory framework will be streamlined and simplified to unlock the potential of the satellite market," said the second official. The preliminary draft of the new telecom policy calls for establishing an effective regulatory framework to safeguard the country's interests and sovereign rights to keep optimal orbital and spectrum resources for upcoming Indian satellites, especially NGSO. Also, there would be an enabling framework for provisioning ground stations as a service (GSaaS) from India on a global level. India can act as a hub of gateways for serving countries. Setting up satellite earth station gateways for NGSO systems is a capital-intensive exercise and also very complex in nature consisting of multiple antennas. The NGSO operators, therefore, want to establish an optimum number of gateways to serve various jurisdictions across the globe.
