Nelco focuses on remote areas, not competing with terrestrial players: MD

Direct-to-device services are also on cards, albeit at later time, since company has a tie-up with US-based Omnispace to provide 5G satellite-based direct-to-device services, signed back in 2022

Tata Group’s satellite communications provider, Nelco, is backing lowering of charges for satellite broadband providers recommended by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) for satellite spectrum on grounds that it would hurt operators who are not looking to compete with terrestrial players. 

“We're not playing in the same areas that they are. For instance, I can provide connectivity to a bank but I would not do it in the areas where they (terrestrial players or telcos) are present. I am competing in a place where it's remote and they're not there,” P J Nath, Nelco’s managing director and CEO,