Starlink vs. Geo : Elon Musk wants to launch Starlink in India. He also met Prime Minister Narendra Modi about this. Alan Musk has been busy trying to bring Starlink’s space satellite based internet service to India for the past few years. The big challenge in front of him in India is Reliance Jio. Because of this, a ‘trade war’ could start in the Indian market between Elon Musk, one of the richest men in the world, and Mukesh Ambani, the richest man in Asia. Elon Musk recently hinted at investing in India during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit, which has boosted his prospects.
Internet will reach remote villages
Elon Musk wants to transmit wireless internet to India from his Starlink satellite orbiting the Earth. However, he may have to compete with Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance due to the licensing regime his group is advocating. After meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New York last week, Musk said on June 21 that he wants to launch Starlink in India. With this service, internet can be delivered to remote villages without infrastructure.
Starlink vs. Geo
Starlink wants India to only license services and not insist on auctioning signaled spectrum or airwaves. Kasturi’s attitude matches that of Tata, Sunil Bharti Mittal and Amazon. On the other hand, Ambani’s Reliance says that foreign satellite service providers should auction spectrum to offer voice and data services. Reliance Jio said it needed to provide a level playing field to traditional telecom companies, which offer similar services using airwaves bought in government auctions.
Spectrum decisions are crucial for India’s space-based communications services
The spectrum decision is critical for India’s space-based communications services (SS), brokerage CLSA said in a note. The government has auctioned US$77 billion worth of mobile spectrum since 2010, and many companies are interested in SS. According to a PTI-Basha report, CLSA has said that many companies, including Starlink, are interested in Indian SS. The comments said that Amazon, Tata, Bharti Airtel-backed OneWeb and Larsen & Toubro are against the auction, while Reliance Jio and Vodafone-Idea support the Bharat SS auction.
