A picture of India at night taken from the International Space Station. Credit: NASA
TAMPA, Fla. — Jio Platforms, which owns India’s largest telco, is looking to lease broadband capacity from global satellite constellations to jumpstart its own sovereign low Earth orbit (LEO) network in the country.
“Jio connected India on the ground — now, we must connect India from the skies,” Akash Ambani, the company’s managing director, said June 19.
“There are still the remotest of villages, island communities, and border outposts where Jio network cannot reach. For them, satellite connectivity will be the bridge to the rest of India.”
Ambani said “partnering with leading global constellation providers by leasing satellite capacity” would help accelerate the availability of services ahead of building a longer-term sovereign capability.
