(MENAFN- KNN India)
India's first private satellite network portal to come in Gujarat Ahmedabad, July 20 (KNN) The Gujarat government on Wednesday signed an MoU with London-based Company, OneWeb and the Department of Science and Technology to set up a 'Satellite Network Portal Site.'
The MoU was signed by Vijay Nehra, Secretary, the State Department of Science and Technology, and Rahul Vatts, Director of OneWeb India Communication Pvt. Ltd.
As per reports, OneWeb has decided to set up two 'Satellite Network Portal Sites' and one of them will be in Mehsana district of Gujarat and the other one will be in Tamil Nadu.
The site will provide high-speed, low-latency, and affordable connectivity to the government, businesses, consumers, schools, among others. It will provide continuous and secure satellite internet access at affordable rates in the country.
This satellite network portal, to be set up at Katosan and Tejpura in Jotana, will be commissioned in 2023 with a possible investment of over Rs 100 crores in Phase-I. It will create approximately 500 direct and indirect employment opportunities in the state.
OneWeb is a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite company, which has as many as 648 satellites and aims to build a global communication network. It uses LEO to provide a broadband network instead of using the traditional method of using geostationary satellites located 36,000 km above the equator.
(KNN Bureau)
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