OneWeb of Bharti in collaboration with the UK government, Starlink of Eon Musk and Project Kuiper of Amazon are to enter into satellite internet business.

It will be a B2B model in India. The satellite bandwidth capacity will be offered to armed forces camped in the Himalayas, shipping agencies, the railways and forest department. Telcos will be offered bandwidth capacity for cellular backhaul in remote regions where cellular network is weak.

Access terminals are of two types — ESAs or electronically steered antenna system and DPAs or dual parabolic antenna system. The objective is to lower the cost of user satellite access terminals in India. ESAs cost around $1000 now. It has to be lowered to $500-600. DPAs cost around $5000-6000 apiece. It has to be lowered to $2000-2500 apiece. Affordable price of user access terminals is original to drive wider adoption of satellite internet.