“Jio Satellite Communications has applied for trial to spectrum last month. The commercial rollout will start once the government finalises spectrum for satellite communication,” a source told PTI.
Reliance Industries Group firm Jio Platforms has formed a joint venture with Luxembourg-based SES for satellite communication services.
Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-Space) authorised Jio Satellite Communications in April to operate satellite services in Indian space.
Besides, Jio Satellite Communications, Bharti Group-backed Eutelsat OneWeb has also received all the clearance. It was issued a trial spectrum in March.
While the The Telecommunications Act, 2023 provides for administrative allocation of spectrum for point-to-point communications to satellite companies, the rules and details of radio waves allocation are yet to to be finalised by the government.