Jio Satellite Internet in India : All you need to know
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Jio has tied up with Luxembourg-based SES for bringing in satellite internet in India via Jio Space Technology. SES is one of the world’s leading satellite owners and operators with 70+ satellites in geostationary orbit (GEO) and medium Earth orbit (MEO). The latest update is that Jio Satellite Internet will be Coming Soon as Jio-SES JV Orbit Connect gets IN-SPACe Authorisation to Enter Satcom Space.
Jio Space Technology will use SES-12 GEO and O3b-mPOWER MEO satellites to provide upto 100 Gbps speed. It has applied to the Department of Telecommunications for global mobile personal communication by satellite services (GMPCS) license behind Airtel.
Jio will also lease or resell some of its satellite bandwidth capacity for cellular backhaul connectivity services to other telecom providers. These providers can utilize it in rural or remote areas because the mobile broadband connectivity is very low here. This satellite internet will also reach enterprises, government firms, retail customers, mobile backhaul, and other consumers.
The multi-year deal between Jio and SES is priced at around ₹750 crores. Jio will have a 51% stake in the company while SES will have 49%.
Last year Elon Musk’s Starlink announced Satellite Internet in India. It also started pre-bookings, but due to failure to receive government approval, the program failed. Thus, the company had to refund the full amount to its pre-book customers.
Akash Ambani, Director, Reliance Jio, said “While we continue to expand our fiber-based connectivity and FTTH business and invest in 5G, this new joint venture with SES will further accelerate the growth of multigigabit broadband. With additional coverage and capacity offered by satellite communications services, Jio will be able to connect the remotest towns and villages, enterprises, government establishments, and consumers to the new Digital India. We are excited about this new journey combining our massive reach and customer base with SES’s innovative leadership and expertise in the satellite industry.”
Jio & Luxembourg-based SES
Airtel & UK-based OneWeb
Tata’s Nelco & Canada’s Telesat
Starlink by Elon Musk’s SpaceX
Project Kuiper by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos
Rural & Remote Area Coverage
Ultra High Speed (upto 300 Gbps)
Economical
Multi-device accessibility
Higher bandwidth ratio
Fast Installation
Zero Maintenance
These companies might launch Satellite Internet services by 2023 in India. What are your views on Satellite Internet? Do share them below.
Satellite cost will be high because Satellite’s life. and all company collectively create too much junk in space.
but remote location people will get better connectivity.
Satellite Internet is super duper costly, the main cost is Satellite launch. SpaceX will afford because SpaceX has its own Falcon 9 vehicle.
Baki companies bas JHINGA LA LA HU HU, kar raha ha. 😀
It is better that telecom companies take fiber optic cables to rural areas.
Indian govt last 6 to 7 years me BharatNet Programme se kitne villages me Fiber cables pahocha diye ha. Now telecom companies should use BharatNet fiber cable to provide cheap internet in villages and rural areas.
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Satellite Internet is super duper costly, the main cost is Satellite launch. SpaceX will afford because SpaceX has its own Falcon 9 vehicle.
Baki companies bas JHINGA LA LA HU HU, kar raha ha. 😀
It is better that telecom companies take fiber optic cables to rural areas.
Indian govt last 6 to 7 years me BharatNet Programme se kitne villages me Fiber cables pahocha diye ha. Now telecom companies should use BharatNet fiber cable to provide cheap internet in villages and rural areas.
Even though Starlink belongs to Elon Musk, launch cost is charged same as other client.
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When is the commercial launch?
Why the disadvantages of satellite internet are not discussed?
1. what could be its latency compared to 4g Internet?
2. Will there be connectivity during bad weather?
If they are going to use geostationary orbit or medium earth orbit then the net is going to be slow compared to starlink as it uses low earth orbit.
Starlink is going to be better and cheaper option in any case. Unless mota bhai govt applies some red tape on star link.
Unless someone improves the speed of light, the geostationary will have minimum lag of 250ms.
Well they claim so much high speed ultra bandwidth satellite based internet technology. If so this mobile data thing could be made a thing of the past by the telcos providing that kind of broadband speed. Of course the cost factor has to be known for sure.
fiber is the future and 4g speeds will improve over time because of price increase + more and more phones coming with proper carrier aggression….this satellite internet is for specific use cases never gonna be worth for normal consumers
oh thats why starlink is not here!
Anyone heard of tikona, which tech do they use?
Airtel had in March 2017 announced its acquisition of the 4G business of Tikona, including broadband spectrum and 350 sites across five circles, for about Rs 1,600 crore. Telecom firm Bharti Airtel Ltd. said it has completed the merger of Bharti Digital Networks Pvt. Ltd.
Satellite cost will be high because Satellite’s life. and all company collectively create too much junk in space.
but remote location people will get better connectivity.
Satellite Internet is super duper costly, the main cost is Satellite launch. SpaceX will afford because SpaceX has its own Falcon 9 vehicle.
Baki companies bas JHINGA LA LA HU HU, kar raha ha. 😀
It is better that telecom companies take fiber optic cables to rural areas.
Indian govt last 6 to 7 years me BharatNet Programme se kitne villages me Fiber cables pahocha diye ha. Now telecom companies should use BharatNet fiber cable to provide cheap internet in villages and rural areas.
I wonder why it says zero maintenance as these don’t have much lifetime.
Cost needs to be checked
Jio has tied up with Luxembourg-based SES for bringing in satellite internet in India via Jio Space Technology. SES is one of the world’s leading satellite owners and operators with 70+ satellites in geostationary orbit (GEO) and medium Earth orbit (MEO). The latest update is that Jio Satellite Internet will be Coming Soon as Jio-SES JV Orbit Connect gets IN-SPACe Authorisation to Enter Satcom Space.
Jio Space Technology will use SES-12 GEO and O3b-mPOWER MEO satellites to provide upto 100 Gbps speed. It has applied to the Department of Telecommunications for global mobile personal communication by satellite services (GMPCS) license behind Airtel.
Jio will also lease or resell some of its satellite bandwidth capacity for cellular backhaul connectivity services to other telecom providers. These providers can utilize it in rural or remote areas because the mobile broadband connectivity is very low here. This satellite internet will also reach enterprises, government firms, retail customers, mobile backhaul, and other consumers.
The multi-year deal between Jio and SES is priced at around ₹750 crores. Jio will have a 51% stake in the company while SES will have 49%.
Last year Elon Musk’s Starlink announced Satellite Internet in India. It also started pre-bookings, but due to failure to receive government approval, the program failed. Thus, the company had to refund the full amount to its pre-book customers.
Akash Ambani, Director, Reliance Jio, said “While we continue to expand our fiber-based connectivity and FTTH business and invest in 5G, this new joint venture with SES will further accelerate the growth of multigigabit broadband. With additional coverage and capacity offered by satellite communications services, Jio will be able to connect the remotest towns and villages, enterprises, government establishments, and consumers to the new Digital India. We are excited about this new journey combining our massive reach and customer base with SES’s innovative leadership and expertise in the satellite industry.”
Jio & Luxembourg-based SES
Airtel & UK-based OneWeb
Tata’s Nelco & Canada’s Telesat
Starlink by Elon Musk’s SpaceX
Project Kuiper by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos
Rural & Remote Area Coverage
Ultra High Speed (upto 300 Gbps)
Economical
Multi-device accessibility
Higher bandwidth ratio
Fast Installation
Zero Maintenance
These companies might launch Satellite Internet services by 2023 in India. What are your views on Satellite Internet? Do share them below.