Elon Musk, Mukesh Ambani shocked by launching Starlink Internet in India soon!

 Elon Musk, Mukesh Ambani shocked by launching Starlink Internet in India soon!

Elon Musk's satellite internet technology company Starlink will soon be able to provide services in India. India's Telecommunication Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has said that since Starlink is in the process of fulfilling all the necessary regulations of the government, the service will be allowed to operate soon.

According to the Minister of Telecommunications, the main condition set by the government is security. He mentioned that after Starlink is ready to absorb this, the license application process has moved forward.

Earlier, Money Control had published a report and mentioned that the representatives of Starlink participated in the meeting with the Department of Telecommunications (DOT). During the discussion, the representatives of Starlink agreed to fulfill the conditions of the government.

According to the report, Starlink has agreed to meet the Indian government's data localization and security standards. Due to this, Elon Musk's company Starlink is expected to start its satellite internet service in India soon.

Data localization means that Starlink will have to store Indian customer information within India. And, if necessary, the company will have to give this information to the government agencies of India.

According to a report in India Today, it is mandatory to follow these rules to launch satellite internet services in India. Only after this, the Government of India grants a 'Global Mobile Personal Communication by Satellite' (GMPCS) license to a company.

This license is required to start satellite internet service in India. Only after obtaining the license, a company gets the spectrum for testing. Then the initial satellite internet services can start.

Why did Starlink become a headache for Indian telecom companies?

Starlink is a satellite internet service provided by Elon Musk's company SpaceX. Generally, Internet service providers provide Internet services by laying underground cables or using mobile towers. However, Starlink uses a network of satellites orbiting the earth to provide internet services to its customers.

The main objective of Starlink is to provide high speed internet service in rural areas where there is no broadband internet service and in places where it is difficult to build a tower.

Starlink internet service does not work like normal broadband. It does not need to depend on millions of kilometers of cable. Starlink provides internet service directly from space. Due to this, high speed internet service can be reached easily even in remote areas.

However, even now some other companies have provided satellite internet services. But the companies that provide those services use satellites that are far away from the earth. This slows down the internet speed. And, due to delay in data transmission, it is difficult to get high speed internet.

Starlink satellites are very close to Earth. Due to this, Starlink can provide high speed internet service to the users. Another feature of this is that it can provide high-speed internet even on a flying ship.

Broadband companies use fiber optic cables to transmit data. Due to this, it is easy to provide internet service in cities and villages using such cable. However, it is difficult and expensive to deliver cables to remote areas and hilly areas. Starlink service is useful in such places.

Starlink applied for a license in India in October 2022. According to India Today, Elon Musk's company is working with the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Center (IN-SPACe) for further approval.

It is a body that acts as an in-space regulator. Any private company in India who wants to start a project related to space has to take permission from this organization.

According to the news, some other information has been requested to license Starlink and Amazon's satellite internet connected project 'Kuiper'. According to Pawan Kumar Goingka, President of In-Space, both companies are in the process of answering the questions raised by the space regulator.

In India, Starlink is facing some difficulties in launching satellite internet services. The main reason for this is the government's lack of a clear policy regarding pricing and spectrum. However, it is expected that the government can issue guidelines soon.

In an interview with news agency PTI, Telecom Minister Scindia said that the government is planning to directly allocate spectrum for satellite broadband services without auctioning. He said that they are going to do the same because any country can adopt the process of directly assigning the satellite spectrum according to the instructions of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) without auctioning it.

India included satellite spectrum in Schedule 1 of its Telecommunications Act of 2023. For this, the government needs spectrum allocation (direct distribution process).

The Telecom Minister has informed that the price of the spectrum will be fixed by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.

According to Business Today, the Government of India has decided to allocate the spectrum directly instead of through an auction as per the criteria set by the ITU. However, it has been analyzed that this decision will give a big shock to India's leading telecom companies Jio and Airtel, led by Mukesh Ambani and Sunil Mittal. This company owns the satellite spectrum He had earlier written a letter to the Indian telecom regulator demanding the auction.

Jio has emphasized that spectrum should be distributed through auction. Airtel's Sunil Mittal has also expressed support for Jio's demand. They argue that they have spent a lot to get the spectrum.

In this case, if companies like Starlink or Amazon's Kuiper start their services in India, it is certain that local companies will get a big shock. The Indian government's new spectrum allocation strategy will facilitate international companies like Starlink to launch satellite internet services in India. Because the company does not have to spend as much as the broadband company had spent.