War of billionaires: Musk, Tata, Mittal & Amazon on one side, Ambani on other for satellite spectrum
Elon Musk desires his Starlink to beam down wi-fi net in India from satellites orbiting the earth, however the licensing regime his team favours has put him at odds with Mukesh Ambani's Reliance. After assembly Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New York ultimate week, Musk on June 21 stated he used to be eager to launch Starlink in India that "can be tremendously helpful" in bringing the net to far flung villages that lack on-ground infrastructure. But Starlink wants India to just assign a license for the service and not insist on auctioning the signal-carrying spectrum or airwaves. This stand finds Musk on the side of Tatas, Sunil Bharti Mittal's firm, and Amazon, who too prefer the same route. But Ambani's Reliance says there must be an auction of spectrum for foreign satellite service providers to offer voice and data services to provide a le...