Eutelsat OneWeb, Jio seek provisional satellite spectrum to be future-ready

Kolkata: Bharti Group-backed Eutelsat OneWeb and Reliance Jio are believed to have called on communications minister Jyotiraditya Scindia to consider early provisional allocation of satellite spectrum for around six months so that companies that have the requisite permissions can quickly launch broadband-from-space services commercially in India.

Companies need a GMPCS (global mobile personal communications by satellite services) license and necessary regulatory approvals from Indian National Space Promotion & Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) before launching commercial satcom services in India, a nascent market but with a lot of potential, say experts.