Telecom Watchdog wrote to telecom secretary to stop the three global LEO satellite operators
By MYBRANDBOOK
The three global LEO satellite operators Bharti-backed OneWeb, Elon Musk’s Starlink and Jeff Bezos-founded Amazon -- from grabbing potential 4G/5G spectrum for free through the backdoor.
It has warned that any move to give these satellite companies access to top-grade airwaves worth billions without auctions would flout a ruling of the supreme court, pose national security challenges and upset the level-playing field in the telecom sector.
“The Supreme Court has made it abundantly clear that all spectrum, or any other natural resource like orbital slot used for telecommunication services, irrespective of being used in a terrestrial network as backbone or through satellite constellations, must be allocated through auction only”.
A number of deep-pocketed companies like OneWeb, Starlink and Amazon have lined up to grab 4G or 5G spectrum for free under the garb of providing cheaper high-speed satellite-based internet services to rural and remote areas, and all (such) attempts to get a back-door entry into India’s telecommunications market by satellite players and their lobby groups should be scuttled.
OneWeb, a Bharti-backed satellite communications company, is slated to introduce its services in India from May 2022. Chairman of Bharti Group Sunil Mittal has said, No case for auction of satellite spectrum.
BK Syngal, former Chairman and Managing Director of VSNL, said: “Satellite services used to be an intergovernmental affair in which case allocation of spectrum made sense given that the State is using its own resources. Moreover regulatory regime of the west cannot be compared to India, as it is more robust over there and they can safely allocate spectrum.”
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