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Spectrum auction to hurt India's satellite play, says Sunil Mittal

OneWeb is also in the process of getting regulatory approvals for a proposed merger with French satellite major Eutelsat Communications

Sunil Mittal
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Sunil Mittal | Photo: WEF

Shine Jacob Siharikota
Spectrum allocation for satellite services came up as a dominant theme at the launch of 36 communication satellites by OneWeb, a Bharti group venture, here on Sunday. Following the launch, Bharti Enterprises chairman Sunil Mittal, in a conversation with a group of reporters, reiterated that spectrum auction did not make sense in the case of satellite services.  

“This (satellite services) is not competing with mobile services where you can justify the auction. Something should come out, which works, otherwise India will potentially miss out on satellite services,’’ Mittal said, adding that cannot be the intention. According to industry players in