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New Delhi:Bharti Airtels Sunil Mittal Tuesday joined forces with rival Reliance Jio in advocating for satellite companiesincluding international ones like Elon Musks Starlinkto go through the spectrum auction process rather than be allocated spectrum on an administrative basis by the government..
The time has come for global institutions to accept its importance for global governance, Modi said..
Bharti Enterprises Chairman, Mittal pitched for satellite communication firms buying spectrum and paying licence fee just as telecom companies do...
He said that telecom companies around the globe have done seminal work in connecting the world, and can also take satellite services into the remotest parts of the nations through theUniversal Service Obligation Fund (USOF),as well as directly through their own initiatives.The USOF, in which all telecom operators contribute a percentage of theiradjusted gross revenues (AGR), is used to support expansion of telecom services in rural and remote parts of the country...
Mittals statement gains significance following a recent letter by Reliance Jioto Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, in which it opposed Telecom Regulatory Authority of Indias (TRAI) recommendations that spectrum for providing satellite broadband services be allocated administratively rather than being auctioned..
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