亚马逊可能在印度推出卫星互联网,SpaceX Starlink 面临新的竞争

亚马逊可能在印度推出卫星互联网,SpaceX Starlink 面临新的竞争

据报道,亚马逊很快将开始为印度提供高速卫星互联网服务,

《经济时报》的一篇报道援引知情人士的话说。

据报道,此举

将引发与主要竞争对手 OneWeb 和 SpaceX 的竞争,以潜在地降低卫星宽带费率。

亚马逊将很快与政府接洽

ET 报告援引消息人士的话说,讨论模式、授权、许可、着陆权和卫星带宽租赁成本。

Nearly 75 percent of India’s rural population

still does not have access to broadband since many locations are without cellular or fibre connectivity.

As a result, LEO satellite systems

are being viewed as a viable alternative, though it is costly initially.

Amazon is already investing over $10 billion (roughly Rs 72,500 crores)

to build a constellation of 3,236 low-Earth orbit satellites as part of its global space internet initiative, Project Kuiper.

The Department of Space (DoS)

gives landing rights for downlinking signals of foreign satellites into the country.

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satellite broadband services: Amazon eyeing satellite broadband space in India – The Economic Times

https://m.economictimes.com/industry/telecom/telecom-news/amazon-eyeing-satellite-broadband-space-in-india/articleshow/83134040.cms