Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s SpaceX is about to hunt a allow to launch satellite tv for pc web providers in India beneath its Starlink model, turning into the third firm to use for such a allow, the Financial Instances reported on Wednesday.
SpaceX can even search statutory approvals from the federal government for touchdown rights and market entry, the report stated, including that it’s prone to search approvals from Division of Telecommunications (DoT) to arrange native gateways
SpaceX and DoT didn’t instantly reply to Reuters requests for remark after common hours.
Earlier this yr, the federal government requested Starlink to refund all its pre-orders till it acquired licences to function within the nation.
SpaceX will “very shortly” apply for a International Cellular Private Communications By Satellite tv for pc (GMPCS) providers licence to Indian authorities, the report stated, with out giving additional particulars. Bharti Group-backed OneWeb and Reliance Jio’s satellite tv for pc arm have already utilized for the allow.