Vi up 21% as Elon Musk s Gujarat visit on January 10 sparks market talks of a deal by the tech billionaire to partner with an Indian telecoms player. Amazon too will require a spectrum partner for its space linked broadband business and Vi could be a potential suitor for any of the two, believes the market. Recently, Vi also paid Rs 1701 crore to the government for 5G spectrum it had acquired in the 2022 auction, , elon musk, Vodafone idea, Starlink project
Satellite Communications: The Department of Telecommunications will seek the sector regulator’s suggestions on pricing the satellite spectrum to be allocated via the administrative, or ‘non-auctions’, route after the new Telecommunications Bill is passed by Parliament, the official added. "The mandate though is that all spectrum will be auctioned, with a few exceptions."
The new bill has removed OTT services and apps from the definition of telecom services and called for administrative allocation of satellite spectrum, ruling out auctions of such airwaves. “The telecom bill is the overarching law. Obviously the two (TRAI) papers will be infructuous,” the official said.
"We are open to collaborating with both service operators (OneWeb and JioSatellite Communications) and smartphone OEMs regarding their satellite connectivity needs on mobile devices using Qualcomm Technologies," Qualcomm India president Savi Soin said.