Reply: TRAI regulation for cable landing station is already in place.
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Foreign telecommunications operators in India are precluded from selling direct to home satellite capacity to customers. Instead, they must sell capacity to the Indian Space Research Organization, which then resells it to customers. What is the purpose of this policy? Does India have plans to address this barrier to supply of satellite services in India?
Reply: This is governed by SATCOM Policy of India. The SATCOM policy provides for users to avail of transponder capacity from both domestic/foreign satellites. However, the same has to be in consultation with the Department of Space.
