OneWeb to DoT: Will locally source, develop key satcom equipment in India

Kolkata: Bharti Global-backed OneWeb has told the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) that it will go for local sourcing and development of key satellite communication equipment, including low-cost user-access terminals and gateway ground station infrastructure to build a domestic satellite devices-cum-components ecosystem in India.

“OneWeb has assured DoT secretary Anshu Prakash it will support local satcom gear makers and is in talks with several homegrown players for indigenous sourcing,” a person aware of the talks told ET. This was communicated during a recent meeting on ways to create a roadmap for making satellite network equipment in India.