{"id":1034120,"date":"2026-09-09T09:14:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T03:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1034120"},"modified":"2026-09-09T10:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T05:08:11","slug":"satcom-firms-may-pay-5-agr-spectrum-charge-get-1-relief-for-remote-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/09\/09\/satcom-firms-may-pay-5-agr-spectrum-charge-get-1-relief-for-remote-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"Satcom firms may pay 5% AGR spectrum charge, get 1% relief for remote areas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Satellite Internet providers such as Starlink, OneWeb and Jio Satellite are likely to face an annual spectrum charge of 5% of adjusted gross revenue (AGR), with a one percentage-point concession for serving users in government-notified hard-to-connect areas, according to sources aware of the development. <\/p>\n<p>The proposed framework could shape the economics of satellite broadband as companies prepare to enter the market, although an actual rollout is still some distance away. The operators will have to secure government security clearances, while the broader spectrum allocation framework also needs Union Cabinet approval and detailed rules to be framed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Satellite Internet providers such as Starlink, OneWeb and Jio Satellite are likely to face an annual spectrum charge of 5% of adjusted gross revenue (AGR), with a one percentage-point concession for serving users in government-notified hard-to-connect areas, according to sources aware of the development. The proposed framework could shape the economics of satellite broadband as companies prepare to enter the market, although an actual rollout is still some distance away. The operators will have to secure government security clearances, while the broader spectrum allocation framework also needs Union Cabinet approval and detailed rules to be framed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,64,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1034120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-telecom-the-financial-express","category-the-financial-express"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1034120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1034120"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1034120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1034153,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1034120\/revisions\/1034153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1034120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1034120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1034120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}