Starlink, Amazon Kuiper urge govt to keep spectrum price low for Satcom services
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“So, if your goal is to reach that customer, we share that goal too. But if you burden us with a lot of fees, we may not be able to cost effectively serve them,” Krishna said.
David Goldman, head of satellite policy at SpaceX echoed Musk’s views and said the satellite spectrum is a shared resource, and cannot be auctioned.
During his address, Goldman said Starlink partners with local telecom operators to provide satcom services in any country.
“We use the spectrum that our partner is licensed for. Once we have a mobile partner, they will tell us which spectrum we can use,” he added.
In the US, Starlink has partnered with T Mobile to offer Satcom services.
Notably, in India both Starlink and Kuiper are yet to get the licence to provide satellite broadband services. Only Jio and OneWeb have so far got the licence to provide the services.
Starlink has 7,000 satellites in its constellation and operates in 100 countries. Amazon on the other hand is investing more than $10 billion globally to launch Kuiper. The company plans to 3,232 satellites into low Earth orbit by 2029.
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