ENA Sectors 2023-05-02 13:06:13 <p><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>New Delhi, May 2 (KNN)</strong> Space industry regulator IN-SPACe has been reached out by Satcom Industry Association of India (SIA India) to look into the telecom regulators discussion paper on spectrum allocation mode for space services, reported ET.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">SIA India has alleged that the underlying intent of the paper appears to be forcing an auction of satellite spectrum, contrary to global practices.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px"><strong><a href="https://bit.ly/3B9mZSj"><img alt="FOLLOW US on GOOGLE NEWS" src="https://knnindia.co.in//uploads/gallery/GoogleNews.jpg" style="border-style:solid; border-width:1px; height:95px; margin:1px; width:299px" /></a></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">Indias Space Policy 2023 has empowered IN-SPACe to act as the sole single-window agency to authorise space activities by both government and private satcom players.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">ET has seen a copy of the letter in which IA India director general Anil Prakashsaid said, Most questions in the Telecom Regulatory Authority of Indias consultation paper explicitly reveal that the intent of the process revolves around auction of satellite spectrum in the critical `C, `Ku and `Ka bands that can derail the ongoing momentum in the satellite sector (and, accordingly,) we seek your intervention on the TRAI consultation.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">He addressed it to IN-SPACe chairman Pawan Goenka on Monday.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">SIA counts satellite biggies such as US-based Hughes, Luxembourgs SES, UKs Inmarsat, Canadas Telesat, Viasat and Asiasat among its key members.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">Last month, TRAI had floated a consultation paper seeking views on whether spectrum allotment for space communications should be done via auctions, the administrative route or any other model.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">The Department of Telecommunications (DoT), though, has asked TRAI to recommend an auction model for space spectrum. Accordingly, the industry is awaiting the regulators recommendations, though DoT will take the final call. <em><strong>(KNN Bureau)</strong></em></span></p> 33186 https://knnindia.co.in/news/newsdetails/sectors/sia-india-seeks-in-spaces-intervention-on-trai-consultation 2023-05-02 13:06:13 knnindia.co.in