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Bharti-backed Eutelsat OneWeb could pull ahead of Elon Musk's Starlink and Reliance Jio in an expectedly crowded race to become the first global satellite biggie offering broadband-from-space services in India...
Top company officials said Eutelsat OneWeb has received the demo or 'trial' satellite spectrum in both the 'Ka' and 'Ku' bands for a 90-day span via the administrative route at a nominal application fee..
To be sure, unlike rival Starlink, which will directly offer retail users satellite internet services, Eutelsat OneWeb will operate purely on a B2B model...
"Eutelsat OneWeb has started using the demo airwaves to run advanced trials on its countrywide satellite broadband network with key customers in India's defence forces and some large public sector undertakings, in the run-up to a full-fledged commercial launch soon," a senior company official told ET...
