In India, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has directed Elon Musk’s company SpaceX to obtain necessary licenses before offering any service in the country.
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Elon Musk’s Starlink broadband will be available globally by September 2021. Company President Gwyne Shotwell admitted on Tuesday that Starlink has uncompleted regulatory work that the company needs to approve to provide service in that country. Currently, the Starlink is available for pre-order in India for $99, which is roughly over Rs 7000. Indian users can check the availability of the service by typing in their city and postal code.
Speaking at the Macquarie Group Technology Conference via webcast, Shotwell said, “We have successfully deployed 1,800 or so satellites and once all those satellites reach their operational orbits, we will have continued global coverage,” said Reuters. , so it should be completed by the September deadline but right now we have regulatory work pending to go to every country and get approved for providing telecom service.”
Starlink currently offers beta services in 11 countries including the US, Australia, New Zealand and parts of Europe. SpaceX aims to launch about 42,000 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit by mid-2027. In May, Musk said the low-Earth orbiting satellite network had received more than 500,000 pre-orders for its Internet service and expected no technical problems to meet demand. Elon Musk previously mentioned that Starlink will “probably be out of beta this summer.”
Users will get great internet speed
The development was cited in a CNBC report citing Starlink as saying that deposits of $99 are returnable. However, it does not guarantee the service to all users. The report said that once the service is rolled out worldwide, users can expect internet speeds of up to 209.17 megabits per second.
Must be licensed in India
In India, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has directed Elon Musk’s company SpaceX to obtain necessary licenses before offering any service in the country. A source had earlier told ET Telecom, “Dot has no objection to SpaceX offering Starlink satellite internet service in India but it must comply with the laws of the country and have the appropriate license and other requirements before offering the service to Indian consumers. Authorities should be sought.”
Testing has started in the US
Meanwhile, services in the US are already live and in the beta-testing phase, and the US Federal Communications Commission has approved SpaceX’s plan to deploy some Starlink satellites in low-Earth orbit, which will help people in high-altitude orbit. We are planning to provide speed broadband internet services. At present there is a lack of access to these.
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