Bharti has received a letter of intent, (LoI) from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for satellite internet in India in August, 2021. Bharti has a tie-up with OneWeb and would like to cover globally by mid-2022 using a constellation of 648 low-earth-orbit (LEO) satellites.

DoT has issued LoI for global mobile personal communication by satellite (GMPCS) license to OneWeb.

The company has to submit all compliances, fees etc. after which the license will be issued to the company. It will take a month to do so. Thus Bharti will be the only Indian company with both satellite and terrestrial communication services.