New Dell: A local factory for Tesla’s electric cars may be far away, but the Satellite Communications Venture Starlink of Elon Musk has finally moved beyond the government to launch services in the country.Starlinks received approval for three licenses – Global Mobile Communications by Satellite (GMPCS), commercial very small aperture terminal (VSAT), and Internet Services Provider (ISP) – which will be able to launch a sleeve of satellite -advanced communication services in India, which is from consumer to enterprise internet solutions.Toi was the first to report in its June 4 versions that the government has decided to approve Starlink license applications, which had been pending for the last three-four years, after the company agreed to follow the security and other expected terms. Starlink, which becomes the third telecom company to receive GMPCS licenses after the Bharti Group-supported Eutelsat Onweeb and Jio SES, is expected to get a trial spectrum in the coming weeks.However, the company is unlikely to launch consumer and enterprise services at any time at any time, as none of the SATCom license holders have been allocated spectrum yet. Recommendations about the method of administrative allocation of SATCOM spectrum, as well as the allegations have also been presented to the government by the regulator TRAI, but no final decision has been taken on the matter.Starlink will also have to install a ground infrastructure within India to match and enable communication services with its satellites. Sources said, “It will take months to make it, and will require approval from security agencies.” The Starlink operates a constellation of low-earth orbital satellites that is about 550 km above the Earth and close to traditional geostagical satellites.
