Anshu Prakash, secretary, Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is reportedly going to meet industry stakeholders, including telcos, tech startups, internet of things (IoT) players and global satellite companies soon to discuss a comprehensive roadmap for locally manufacturing satellite communications gear.
The discussion will revolve around gateways and related infrastructure like IoT devices, customer premise equipment (CPEs), antennae systems and sensors. In addition, meeting will also discuss the ways to create an enabling regulatory regime for global low earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation operators to establish in-country gateways in India.
According to industry sources, top representatives of Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Saankhya Labs, Skylo Technologies, Bharat Electronics and Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DoT) will participate in the meeting. Officials of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), NITI Aayog, DoS, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and IIT Chennai will also be present.
