The satellite-based Internet has almost become a reality in Western countries where Starlink of ELON Musk has already started the beta testing the new service. In India, however, despite the will of muscles, Starlink has received reports.
Now, it is reported that StarLink is in contact with government agencies and can offer satellite Internet connectivity to 10 rural constituencies of Lok Sabha in the next 2022 elections. The company would have been discussed with several members of Parliament, ministers and government officials to explain The role of broadband connectivity in the currency of lives in rural areas of the country.
If the Company manages to obtain relevant approvals, it plans to go live in December 2022 with more than 2 active terminals of LAKH. Country Director of Starlink, Sanjay Bhargava keeps limited expectations and believing that the company may or may not meet the target of 200,000 connections, but says it is “very unlikely that we should exceed 200000.” From now StarLink already has 5000 pre-orders in India, even if there is no clarity around the launch date.
As they are debuted for StarLink, the company is currently accepting pre-orders in India and according to Bhargava, the “number of pre-orders of rural constituencies will be a factor that helps us select constituencies at concentration.”
In addition, like any other technical company, even StarLink faces chipset shortage problems that slowed down the speed of offering beta connections. The company also stated that, although it has more than 100,000 active terminals around the world, it always has a backlog of 400,000 pre-orders.
Outside Starlink, even Jeff Bezos-Backed Amazon seems to be interested in offering satellite services in the country. Its leaders would have respected dot officials and that the company should apply quickly to the required licenses.
StarLink and Amazon will also be confronted with the competition of current broadband players such as JIO, Airtel, etc., but will also take on Bharti Airtel-Support Basweb BaseWeb – yet another company that plans to offer satellite-based Internet services in India from May 2022.
Although, at that time, there are disagreements around the spectrum allotment and the fate of this service is largely based on how the central government plans to allocate bandwidth to satellite Internet providers.