New Delhi: Gulab Chand, Joint Wireless Advisor at Department of Telecommunications (DoT), is of the view that satellite internet services will largely be of use for enterprises, and individuals are likely to continue using their 4G and 5G services.
“I hardly find, at the personal level, any adoption of the satellite internet by the individuals. But at the enterprise level, I think satellite kind of technology would be picked up by the enterprises,” Chand told ANI on the sidelines of the 2nd IAFI Space Policy Conference.
He sees enterprises using satellite internet for logistics support, monitoring of various assets, including mobile assets.
“I think it will find good use,” he supplemented.
“Satellite internet basically (in) India is like almost covered by the terrestrial…everyone possesses one or two mobile (phones) with them, so almost 5G footprint is everywhere and 4G is almost covered in all the village level,” he noted.
Speaking about startups in the space sector, he said that startups are already manufacturing space goods.
“Certain companies are working for making the satellite payloads, etc. Already that is happening and a lot of assistance is also being provided by the government,” he said. “Startups have already started thinking in that line. They have started manufacturing parts of the satellite system, If not the entire satellite. They are starting with panels and certain parts of the satellite. So I think, things are going to get brighter in the future,” Chand noted.
In India, the space sector was liberalised in 2020, and the private sector was allowed to carry out end-to-end space activities.
