Amazon seeks approval from IN-SPACe to offer broadband-from-space services in India

New Delhi: Amazon has sought approval from the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe) to offer broadband-from-space services in the country.

This would make the US e-commerce firm the latest entrant in India’s nascent but fast-growing satellite communications (satcom) market. Amazon would be pitted against the likes of Elon Musk-owned Starlink, Bharti-backed Oneweb and Reliance Industries’ Jio Satellite in India which has issued a new space policy earlier this year aimed at spurring private investments in the sector.