Elon Musk’s Starlink has now received the GMPCS licence from the DoT
Until now, only Eutelsat OneWeb and Reliance Jio had been granted this licence for their satellite internet operations
This comes after the company secured a conditional nod to operate satellite-based internet services in India, receiving a LoI from the DoT
Elon Musk-led Starlink has received a key licence from the telecom ministry, paving the way for it to offer satellite communication services in India, Reuters reported.
With this, Starlink becomes the third satcom company after Eutelsat’s OneWeb and Reliance Jio to be granted the crucial licence.
The next steps for Starlink include obtaining approvals from the Indian space regulator IN-SPACe and securing spectrum allocation before it can begin commercial operations.
This comes after the company secured a conditional nod to operate satellite-based internet services in Indiareceiving a Letter of Intent (LoI) from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT).
Starlink is Musk’s satellite internet service that constitutes a constellation of over 7,000 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites, a number expected to rise past 40,000 in the coming years.
(The story will be updated soon.)
