"We will do our best to serve the people of India...": Elon Musk after Telecom Minister Jyotiradtiya Scindia confirms there will be no satellite communications spectrum auction

Starlink CEO and owner of X (former Twitter) Musk The release stated that Starlink “will do its best to serve the people of India.” Musk responds to union statement minister of telecommunications Jyotiraditya Scindia Satellite communication spectrum The allocation will be through administrative allocation rather than auction. “Breaking News: India’s government says it will allocate satellite broadband spectrum administratively rather than through auctions, hours after Elon Musk criticized auction route sought by billionaire Mukesh AmbaniX user DogeDesinger wrote in a post.
Musk wrote in reply to the post: “Thank you very much! We will do our best to serve the Indian people through Starlink.

Jio, Airtel want spectrum auction

Earlier this week, Jio and Airtel Calling for revision of spectrum allocation methodology for Indian satellite communications companies. In its letter to the telecom minister, Jio stressed that satellite companies should acquire spectrum through a transparent auction process, similar to traditional telecom companies. Bharti Airtel Chairman speaks at IMC 2024 Sunil Mittal In favor of bidding for such allocations.
Musk later called their request “unprecedented.”

Telecommunications Minister clarifies

minister of telecommunications Jyotiraditya Scindia Such broadcasts will be issued through administrative allocation rather than auction, it said on Tuesday. “Satellite spectrum around the world is allocated administratively. So India is not doing anything different from the rest of the world. On the contrary, if you decide to auction it, then you are doing something different from the rest of the world. thing,” the minister said.
“This does not mean spectrum is not cost-free. What the cost is and what the formula for the cost is will not be decided by you or me… It will be decided by Trai… Trai has circulated a document and we have the telecom regulator , the constitution empowers telecommunications regulators to determine the content of administrative pricing,” he said.

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Jio, Airtel want spectrum auction Telecommunications Minister clarifies

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