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Sunil Bharti-owned Bharti Group holds majority stake in OneWeb and HCIPL is a joint venture between Bharti Group and satellite services company Hughes.

In an interview to PTI, HCIPL, President and Managing Director, Shivaji Chatterjee said OneWeb will have an early-mover advantage in India, as competitors who are in fray to provide satellite communications service in India are either in the development stage or lag behind in data link speed.

Hughes Communications India (HCIPL) and OneWeb have signed a six-year distribution partner agreement to provide Low Earth orbit (LEO) connectivity services across India. In an interview to PTI, HCIPL, President and Managing Director, Shivaji Chatterjee said OneWeb will have an early-mover advantage in India, as competitors who are in fray to provide satellite communications service in India are either in the development stage or lag behind in data link speed.

DoT: Up till now, 5G rollout in and around airports has been barred due to apprehensions that spectrum in the 3300-3670MHz band may interfere with the radio altimeters of the aircraft. Indian telecom carriers have deployed 5G networks using the 3300-3670MHz band.

The meet is aimed at boosting the ham radio movement in North and Eastern India and the neighbouring countries of Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan

Bandwidth Management: For a nation like India, with its large and dynamic market, it becomes increasingly crucial to comprehend the intricacies of bandwidth allocation, both for licensed International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) and unlicensed use. This understanding gains even more importance in the context of the impending 5G technologies, which hold the promise of revolutionary changes in the wireless communications landscape.

Department Of Telecommunications: In its recommendations, Trai had said the service area for the satellite earth station gateway (SESG) should be at a national level. But the DoT has decided that new SESG will not be allowed to be established in urban areas.

Indias Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has chosen to prohibit satellite earth station gateways in urban areas due to interference with mobile networks, despite recommendations from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) that they should be set up anywhere in the country.

The study comes at a time when the government is deliberating on whether to reserve the 6 GHz spectrum band solely for mobile internet like 5G or for Wi-Fi use

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B ministry) may launch its review of the governments plan to potentially reserve the crucial C-band of radio frequencies for 5G and 6G telecommunication (telecom) use, said officials. While the incumbent broadcasting operators have warned that the plan will leave precious little spectrum for broadcasting services, telecom service providers (TSPs) have pressed hard for getting access to the C-band. In multiple letters to the I&B ministry over the pa...