As govt seeks to relax satellite licenses, TRAI puts out consultation paper
March 12, 2021
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Friday put out a consultation paper to figure out how to make low-bitrate applications of satellite technology routine things like GPS tracking, steering farm equipment, monitoring remote transmission towers more accessible for interested private players. In a letter to TRAI, the Department of Telecommunications pointed out that existing licenses either had little uptake, or could be prohibitively priced if a lot of receivers are needed to be installed on the ground.
Among ways of relaxing satellite license norms, the consultation paper