However, Musk did not give any information about the conflict with Reliance Jio on the issue of spectrum auction regarding this service. starlink Wants that the central government should not auction the spectrum and issue licenses to start services like other countries. The company believes that it is a natural resource and it should be shared among companies. Starlink says that the auction may impose geographical restrictions which will increase the cost. However, Reliance Jio does not agree with this. In a letter sent to the government, the company has demanded an auction for the spectrum.
Reliance Jio says that foreign satellite service providers can provide voice and data services and this will create difficulty for the country’s telecom companies. For this reason, the company has demanded an auction which will ensure level playing field. An industry source with knowledge of the matter said that Reliance will continue to put pressure on the government regarding the auction of satellite spectrum.
Starlink has provided satellite internet service to Ukraine since the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year. Starlink’s main company had spent a huge amount of money in providing free satellite internet service to Ukraine. Musk is also the chief of electric car maker Tesla and microblogging platform Twitter. Tesla plans to set up a factory to make electric cars in India. Recently, senior executives of the company had held a meeting with central government officials regarding this. Last year, Musk had requested the government to reduce the duty on imported cars. However, the government refused to accept it.
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