Airtel-backed OneWeb plans to bring satellite internet to India with Hughes Network

OneWeb, a Lower Earth Orbit Satellite Communications Company and Hughes Network Systems, an innovator in satellite and multi-transport technologies and networks for the past 50 years, entered into a partnership to provide Low Earth Orbit (LEO) connectivity services across India has announced. joint venture between OneWeb, which is returned by Bharti Airtel in India and Hughes Communications follows a memorandum of understanding signed by the two companies in September 2021. comes after Elon Musk-LED Starlink decided to refund users for their pre-orders. Starlink had said it would not take pre-orders until it was licensed to operate in the country.

The aim of the venture is to provide satellite based Internet For Indian users, especially in areas that are out of reach of fiber internet connectivity. It will help in connecting remote areas like small towns, villages and local and regional municipalities with inaccessible areas. This venture will play a key role in bridging the digital gap, bringing internet to many areas that have not been able to enjoy seamless connectivity till now. “This announcement is a turning point for Digital India. Enterprise and government customers, including telecommunications service providers, banks, factories, schools, defense organizations, domestic airlines and offshore vessel operators, eagerly await the arrival of new high-performance SATCOM services. Partho Banerjee, President and Managing Director, Hughes Communication said, “We look forward to bringing them high speed, low latency services from HCIPL using OneWeb capability and taking India to the cutting edge level of connectivity.