The Digital Communications Commission (DCC) has approved the issuance of a separate licence for satellite earth station gateways (SESG) that connect space communications with land-based networks. The SESG licence holder will be allowed to set up several SESGs to cater to the requirement of constellation-based satellite service providers but would need to obtain separate permission from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) before installing each SESG.
The SESG licence shall be valid for a period of 20 years from the effective date of the licence with a provision of renewal for 10 years. The SESG permit holders will not provide any service directly to end customers and be levied a non-refundable one-time entry fee of Rs 1 million.
