Airtel-Starlink Deal: Will Starlink increase the speed of Internet in India? Know the whole matter

The day is not far when you go for trekking or camping in a far-flung mountainous area and the Internet goes with you. This does not happen right now. Internet does not work in front of any last town or village. By the way, when you go for trekking, it is better to remove some peace and relaxed moments away from this internet, cut off the phone and social media for some time so that you can recharge yourself. But in this era of Bhagam Bhag, it may be necessary for many people to stay in contact with the office, or many people would like to talk at home and comfort them that they are properly in a far -flung area, or many people who cannot leave social media due to likes and shares. So soon the sky is going to be operational for those people with the help of Starlink.

For this, India’s two biggest telecom operators have carried out the world -known industrialist Ellon Musk’s company Space X’s satellite internet service company Starlink. These are Jio Telecom at the first rung and Bharti Airtel on the second position. Both these companies are now going to reach customers with a new offer through Starlink’s satellite service. Starlink will have backnd provider of both companies. Both these companies have carved with Starlinks, but the services will start only when the Government of India will allow for Starlink operation. Starlink has applied for a license with the Government of India since 2022, but due to the rules and to some extent, it has not been allowed to start services yet. However, Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia recently said that like the rest of the countries, India is also considering allotting spectrum allocate for satellite communication ..

Telecom expert Sandeep Burki said that the government’s approval was needed for the use of satellite .. Starlink had also tried and wanted to come alone but then it was not approved by the government. This time an agreement has been reached with two of India’s largest mobile service companies, so it is expected that the government will get approval >>

Now we know that the internet that comes in our homes or on our mobile phones comes through optical fiber or telecom towers. Optical fibers of telecom companies reach our homes and provide us with high quality internet services. This was a wired network. Apart from this, internet or voice connections come to our mobile phones from telecom towers under wireless network. When we walk, we get connected to different telecom towers. Our internet connection remains.

Like you cannot launch optical fiber cable everywhere. Laying fiber cables in far -flung hills, desert areas can be very expensive and it will not be possible to do so in many places. Similarly, telecom towers cannot be installed everywhere. Telecom towers are also able to send signals to an extent. If a mountain comes on the way, the signals are unable to cross it.

The solution to all this is satellite internet which we can also call sky internet. Starlink has a mastery in the internet. Now the question is how this satellite internet works. Before telling this, we show you some pictures. A two years ago, many people were surprised to see many glowing things flying together in the sky in the dark of night. It was discussed a lot on social media. But when it found its details, it was found that these are the satellites of Ilon Musk’s company Starlinks which keep circling the earth and are visible from different areas from time to time if the sky is clear. Many people also called it a satellite train.

According to the website Space.com, Starlink’s satellite network had 7,086 satellites till 27 February this year, which is circling in low -ear -orbit i.e. the ingredient of the earth. Starlink has created a network of these small satellites in the sky which is connected to the radio signals. Starlink plans to prepare a network of at least 42 thousand such satellites. So that no corner of the earth is saved from its internet connectivity. The age of every satellite is about five years. That is why Ilon Musk’s company Space X continues to launch rockets to leave these satellites in the earth’s orbit.

As we told you that there is a network of satellites in the sky. The Starlinks deliver the Internet connectivity to their network of satellites from their thousands of ground stations on the land through radio signals. All these satellites are connected to radio signals among themselves and they have a foot print in a large area of ​​the world. These satellites send internet signals to the ground stations or Starlink Gateways built below from where internet signals are delivered to far -flung areas. Apart from this, these satellites directly deliver you or the Internet signals to us. For this, we should have a dish that receives these signals and then reach our computer or mobile phone through a router. One benefit of satellite internet is that latency is also less in it. Latency means the time taken to move from one place to another. The less this time, the good. This is also called Ping Rate and this time is counted in milliseconds. That is, you can quickly connect to the Internet with Starlink, it does not take time.

The installation kit given by the Starlink to the user contains such dishes and routers. The dish comes in contact with the starslink satellite and can reach its signals on a computer or mobile phone through a router. Starlink is designed for fixed-location use, but using additional hardware also provides internet facility in moving vehicles, boats or aircraft. In such a situation, you can get internet facility by contacting the satellite flying far away in your sky. Whether you are on a mountain or between the desert or in the middle sea. But the problem comes when there are clouds in the sky. Therefore, the sky should be cleared for the satellite internet, there should be no obstruction in the middle so that your dish can be connected to the starlink satellite. You plug in and the internet starts.

Which place will be the best for connection, you can know about the Starlink app on the phone. Although in which corner of the world you live in, your internet speed will also depend. Internet can be slow in far -flung areas. Starlink also shows such map on its website, from which you can see how fast you will get internet in which part of the world.

So it is clear that there are some limitations of satellite internet.

As we told that if the weather is bad and the sky is not clear, then there will be problems in the Internet. Talking about internet speed, Starlink’s internet speed is not as fast as fiber or cable based internet, but if you live in an area where the Internet does not come or is quite slow then it is very effective.

Initially, the maximum speed of Starlinks was 150 Mbps but after the increase in the network of satellite, it has increased and now the Star Link is providing speed up to 264 Mbps.

Now the question is, how much can the cost of this facility be. We asked the expert about this. The expert replied that its cost is ten thousand rupees. The international price is high. If the cost of connection is low, then internet connectivity in India will increase even more. Right now, by April 2024, 3G/4G mobile connectivity was done up to more than 95% villages. In March 2014, where 25.16 crore people in India had an internet, by March 2024, it increased to about four times in ten years and reached the internet with 95.44 crore people. After China, India is the most internet in second place.

Now the era of satellite internet has come, so it has to be seen on which way the Internet increases in India. Starlinks provide coverage in more than 125 countries of North America, South America, Australia and Europe worldwide. Starlink is also offering internet services in India’s neighboring Bhutan. Most of the Internet connectivity in a country like Ukraine remains through Starlink. Due to the star link, Ukraine’s army is also able to exchange information in real time. Starlink has not been allowed in China yet. So Anil Kumar is with us to talk on some more issues related to Starlink, who is the editor -in -chief of Telecom Live.

Right now Starlink has not received a license from the Government of India. In such a situation, these services will not be started till then. But after getting the license, can Starlinks reach the Internet subscribers of India even without these companies. Can Airtel and Jio also start their satellite internet services like Starlink in the future. What are these companies doing in this direction.