Starlink Can Have Only 20 Lakh Customers in India, Won’t Affect Telecom Services: Union Minister
New Delhi: The Union Minister Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar, who plays a threat to domestic players such as BSNL and other Telekom service providers operated by the state, said that Starlink, a billionaire Elon Musk, could only have 20 lakh connections in India.
Satcom services are expected to target rural and remote areas, known to be an important asset of BSNL. “Starlink can only be 20 Lakh customers in India and offer a speed up to 200 Mbps. This does not affect telecom services, Tel said Telecom State Minister.
The Minister also said that the preliminary cost for Satcom services will be very high and that the monthly cost could be around 3,000 RS. “BSNL 4G presentation has been completed and it does not plan to increase tariffs from now on. We want the market first. There is no planned tariff hike,” he said.
Minister, BSNL’nin, 4G services and technology due to the release of the current fiscal in the first quarter of the first quarter of the income of the income increased by 20-30 percent, he said. Pemmasani, “Previously, there were some technical problems, but more than 90 percent of them were solved. There were problems with electrical stations. 30,000 electrical power plants were replaced by approximately 600-700 RS,” he said.
When asked about the status of Chinese equipment in BSNL, the Minister also said that the government plans to continue to use domestic technologies in the company operated by the government and will gradually remove 2G and 3G equipment and eliminate the need to maintain this equipment.
