Satellite internet services providers such as Starlink, Amazon’s Kuiper, Eutelsat OneWeb, and Jio will have to submit a yearly plan to the government showing how they will gradually increase local manufacturing of ground segments of their satellite network in the country, according to new guidelines by the department of telecommunications (DoT) on Monday. The government…
“Based on our discussions with telecom operators, there are limitations and commercial constraints as far as satellite technology is concerned,” Prachur Sah, managing director and CEO of Indus Towers, said during a call with analysts on Thursday to discuss the January-March quarter earnings. “So, we don’t see any risk for the terrestrial networks in the…
When an article in the New Yorker opined that, “Focusing on the spectacle at the expense of understanding what Trump and his allies are actually doing has led to some of the most epically wrong things in the history of American politics,” Susan Glasser was obviously not even thinking about an imminent battle between the…
The government must explicitly assist in this with funds from the Universal Service Obligation Fund, now dubbed the Digital Bharat Nidhi, to make satellite broadband connection affordable even for low-income communities in rural areas. Ever since Jio stormed India’s wireless broadband market with initially free and later low-cost data plans, broadband usage in India has…
But that project—along with Elon Musk’s obsession with establishing a colony on Mars—makes me wonder: Wouldn’t the enthusiasm and resources be better devoted to protecting the animals and planet we already have? Colossal Biosciences, a Texas-based startup, provided details in a paper earlier this month, which hasn’t yet been peer-reviewed. Each mammouse—forgive me—had seven genes…
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) plans to recommend that satellite broadband spectrum be allotted for five years to assess initial market adoption, a Reuters report said. This defies tech billionaire Elon Musk’s Starlink which is seeking a 20-year permit, the report quoted a senior government source. The TRAI is currently working on key…
Yet, the question experts are asking is whether it will at all ring a bell with rural folk in remote areas, which are its target audience, and that too at a price way higher than current wireless services. Even so, some experts are of the view that the sheer visibility of brand Starlink and its…
Bharti Airtel share price will likely hog the limelight in Wednesday’s trading session after the telecom major announced today, March 11, that it has signed a deal with Elon Musk‘s SpaceX to bring Starlink’s satellite internet to India. The agreement to bring Starlink’s high-speed internet services to India are “subject to SpaceX receiving its own…
Zelensky: “I’m not playing cards. I’m very serious, Mr President. I’m very serious.” Trump: “You’re playing cards. You’re gambling with the lives of millions of people. You’re gambling with World War III.” Donald Trump told Volodymyr Zelensky that the latter had no cards no fewer than five times in the last 10 minutes of their…
Ukraine, reliant on satellite communications from Elon Musk’s Starlink in a war that’s decimated the country’s telecommunications infrastructure, is finding that there’s no easy way out. As relations with President Donald Trump’s administration deteriorate, the country has accelerated processes to find other options should Musk pull the plug. Ukraine is considering moving to European satellite…
