Satcom launch will empower seamless data, voice calls and messaging services across India: Sunil Mittal

Satcom launch will empower seamless data, voice calls and messaging services across India: Sunil Mittal at India Mobile Congress 2024

Sunil Mittal, Chairman of Bharti Airtel, on October 15 said the satcom launch will empower seamless data, voice calls and messaging services across India, including remote areas.

Speaking at the India Mobile Congress 2024 in New Delhi, Mittal said, "With the launch of satcom services in Inda, anybody, anywhere in the country, however remote or under challenging conditions they may be, will be able to connect on a fast network similar to 4G/5G. I would like to draw attention of PM Narendra Modi that intertemporal choices will have to be made as to how satellite needs to coexist with terrestrial networks"

India lost the manufacturing race in previous 20-30 years to China and other parts of the world, and that call to action has resulted in India becoming a major manufacturing hub, said Mittal in his address at IMC 2024.

"In the next 15-18 months, each and every part of the country will be connected to a very powerful 5G network," he said.

Modi never rests on his laurels, you achieve something and he will give you a bigger task to do, said Mittal.

It is impossible for terristrial services to cover every square inch of any country, with launch of LEO networks, now we have the possibility of connecting 4G speeds and massive capacities in the hands of those who have been left behind, he added.