A group representing Indian telecom giants Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel has said their businesses will suffer if India prices satellite spectrum at “unjustifiably low” rates that benefit satellite internet services such as Elon Musk’s Starlink. India’s telecom regulator in May proposed satellite service providers pay four percent of their annual revenue to the government … Read more
Reliance Jio is said to have halted its plans of rolling out express home delivery of SIM cards in India. As per a report, the Department of Telecommunication (DoT) intervened before the telecom operator’s initiative was publicly announced and objected to it, citing national security concerns. It has reportedly directed all the service providers in … Read more
New Delhi: In a sign that Elon Musk’s Starlink is set to enter India soon, Union Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has posted a welcome message for the company on social media. Both Airtel and Jio, which are India’s largest telecom operators and internet service providers, have signed deals with Starlink to offer its satellite-based … Read more
New Delhi: Airtel announced an agreement with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to bring Starlink’s high-speed internet services to its customers in India. This is the first agreement to be signed in India, which is subject to SpaceX receiving its own authorisations to sell Starlink in India, Airtel said in a statement. Airtel and SpaceX will explore … Read more