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Satcom’s real value is inclusion: OneWeb

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November 19, 2025

Bharti Enterprises-backed Eutelsat OneWeb, one of the companies vying to offer satellite internet in India, said on Tuesday that the true economic value of satellite communication (satcom) services didn’t lie in government revenue streams such as licence or spectrum fees, but in the long-term national benefits they would provide.

- Jatin Grover jatin.grover@livemint.com

“Regulators, whether in India or globally, need to see that the economic value of satcom is not going to come from the likes of spectrum monetisation or licence fees. It is really going to come from digital inclusion,” Neha Idnani, regional vice-president for Asia-Pacific at Eutelsat OneWeb, said at the India Internationa

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