UK-based OneWeb plans to provide connectivity in the country via OneWeb satellite from mid-2022.
“The Department of Telecommunications has issued Global Mobile Personal Communication by Satellite (GMPCS) license to OneWeb,” an official source told PTI.
An e-mail query sent to OneWeb remained unanswered.
With the license, which allows OneWeb to provide satellite communication services in India, the Bharti Group will have an edge in connecting its mobile towers via satellite services.
In 2020, OneWeb was acquired by the UK government and the Bharti Group.
The UK government and Bharti Global invested USD 500 million in the company in 2020.
SoftBank, Hughes and Eutelsat also invested in the company in 2021.
Meanwhile, OneWeb and New Space India Limited (NSIL), the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organisation, have entered into an agreement that will help ensure that OneWeb completes its satellite launch programme.
The first launch with NSIL is expected in 2022 from the Satish Dhawan Space Center (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota.
Satellite industry body Indian Space Association (ISPA) said the partnership between OneWeb and NSIL is a historic development and will certainly pave the way for greater participation of private space players, which will result in boosting the Indian space economy.
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