PARIS — India’s telecommunications regulator, confronting figures showing India as lagging behind other nations in broadband adoption, is proposing that India’s satellite telecommunications be modified to loosen the grip of India’s space agency and its commercial arm.
Whether this is yet another false dawn or an indication of real change in India remains to be seen. But the statements of Sunil Gupta, secretary of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), indicate that at least some Indian government officials see India’s protectionist satcom policy as a drag on India’s . . .
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