Reliance Jio has opposed the proposal to allot spectrum to Satcos companies without auction. The company said the spectrum auction will enable local entities to compete with foreign satellite companies. Foreign companies have disrupted the first-come, first-served based ITU (International Telecommunication Union) priority list.
New Delhi. Reliance Jio has opposed the proposal to allot spectrum to satellite communications (satcos) companies without auction. The company said the spectrum auction will enable local entities to compete with foreign satellite companies. The company said in a letter to telecom regulator TRAI that the combined satcom bandwidth of Elon Musk-owned Starlink and Amazon's Kuiper is more than the capacity created by all three major Indian telecom companies in the last few years.
“Spectrum allocation through auction will provide an opportunity to Indian entities to compete directly with foreign companies,” Jio said. Foreign companies have disrupted the first-come-first-served based ITU (International Telecommunication Union) priority list and planned their own grouping.'' The company said that in the absence of clarity and certainty regarding spectrum allocation/priority, no Also the Indian entity will never be able to launch its own NGSO (non-geostationary orbit).
It is noteworthy that in the Telecom Act-2023, it has been said to allot spectrum to Satcom companies through administrative system without auction. This is because the radio waves allocated to satellite companies are considered a shared spectrum and it is not technically possible to allocate 'frequencies' separately to a satcom entity. Jio also rejected the argument that satcom services would complement telecom services where there is no network coverage.
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