Bharti group backed-OneWeb, the low earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications company, and Hughes Communications India have signed a six-year distribution pact to provide broadband-from-space connectivity services across India.
Hughes Communications is a joint venture between US’s Hughes Network Systems and . OneWeb is expected to start satellite broadband services to India from mid-2022, and will connect towns, villages, and local and regional municipalities in the hardest-to-reach areas.
OneWeb CEO Neil Masterson said the company “is delighted to partner with Hughes to offer high-speed, low-latency satellite broadband solutions and contribute to the Digital India vision”.
OneWeb’s constellation, he said, will cover the length and breadth of India, from Ladakh to Kanyakumari and from Gujarat to the Northeast and bring secure solutions to enterprises, governments, telcos, airline companies and maritime customers. “OneWeb will invest in setting up enabling infrastructure such as Gateways and PoPs in India to light up the services,” he added.
Partho Banerjee, managing director, HCIPL, in turn, said that “enterprise and government customers, including telecom service providers, banks, factories, schools, defense organizations, domestic airlines, and offshore vessel operators, are eagerly anticipating the arrival of new high performing satcom services”.
Hughes Communications is a joint venture between US’s Hughes Network Systems and . OneWeb is expected to start satellite broadband services to India from mid-2022, and will connect towns, villages, and local and regional municipalities in the hardest-to-reach areas.
OneWeb CEO Neil Masterson said the company “is delighted to partner with Hughes to offer high-speed, low-latency satellite broadband solutions and contribute to the Digital India vision”.
OneWeb’s constellation, he said, will cover the length and breadth of India, from Ladakh to Kanyakumari and from Gujarat to the Northeast and bring secure solutions to enterprises, governments, telcos, airline companies and maritime customers. “OneWeb will invest in setting up enabling infrastructure such as Gateways and PoPs in India to light up the services,” he added.
Partho Banerjee, managing director, HCIPL, in turn, said that “enterprise and government customers, including telecom service providers, banks, factories, schools, defense organizations, domestic airlines, and offshore vessel operators, are eagerly anticipating the arrival of new high performing satcom services”.
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