Satellite internet services likely to kick off by June

Indian skies may open up to satellite internet as early as June, with the telecom regulator preparing the ground for the service that promises to reach distant corners and the open seas.

- Shouvik Das

NEW DELHI:

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is giving finishing touches to a set of recommendations on the pricing and use of satellite communications that has been in the making for nearly two years now, three people aware of the development said. Once a framework is introduced and spectrum allocated, it will set the stage for the debut of satellite internet services by Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio Infocomm, Sunil Bharti Mittal's Bharti Airtel and Elon Musk's Starlink.