DoT to take call on Starlink’s India license next week: Officials

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) will make a decision next week regarding whether Starlink can provide satellite-based broadband services in India, said officials on Wednesday.

Sources have indicated that a meeting scheduled for September 20 will deliberate on granting a global mobile personal communication by satellite (GMPCS) services licence to the SpaceX project.

DoT has already granted GMPCS licences to OneWeb, backed by Bharti Group, and Jio Space, the satellite arm of Reliance Jio.

Starlink, the satellite internet constellation operated by SpaceX, the American spacecraft manufacturer, launch service provider, and satellite communications company owned by the US tech billionaire Elon Musk, submitted its application for the licence to DoT last year.