The rollout of Starlink in India commercially will depend on the approval of the necessary regulations despite the development of the framework for spectrum allocation for satellites by the government. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) had studied the pricing and condition of allocation of services provided through satellites. With this, organizations like Elon Musk’s Starlink, ...

The DoT has asked the messaging applications such as WhatsApp and Telegram to enforce mandatory SIM binding from January 1, 2027, due to security reasons and to prevent any kind of cybercrime. These platforms are required to follow the guidelines until December 31, 2026, making sure that the accounts stay bound to the respective SIMs ...