It is super-fast and does not need wires or towers to connect to the world wide web. Satellite broadband promises to be the next big thing and a slew of big names are ready to roll it out as early as next year, reports ET’s Kalyan Parbat.
Imagine sitting in a remote mountain village north of the Rohtang Pass in Himachal Pradesh and chatting with colleagues in Delhi or Bengaluru over an uninterrupted video call. Or, watching a Clint Eastwood western on a laptop in the Andamans – without using a cellular network or wired broadband.
This may soon turn into a reality once satellite broadband connections are rolled out across India, likely as early as next year.
Some of the biggest global names – including OneWeb, SpaceX and Hughes - are betting big on the opportunity to deliver satellite-based fast internet services - anywhere, anytime.
OneWeb, co-owned by Bharti Global and the UK government, is launching high-speed satellite internet services in the country by mid-2022.
Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX Technologies is looking to do the same next year with a maze of satellites.
Hughes Communications India, the local arm of US satellite maker Hughes Network Systems, is also ready to invest in a $500 million satellite and pump in $300 million more on ground-level gear to deliver such connectivity.
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