Hughes looking to start retailing satellite broadband services in India

GSAT-20 is expected to have about 60 to 70 gigabits of capacity and is considered 10 times more powerful than any satellite ISRO has launched

Broadband technology company Hughes is looking to foray into retail satellite-based broadband services in India following the ongoing reforms in the country's space policy, a senior company official said.

The government in June allowed the private sector to carry out space activities like building of rockets, satellites and providing launch services.

"The lesson for us is we need to get into the HughesNet consumer service in India quickly. Hughes is relatively buffered in this whole thing, we should definitely quickly get that. I would say that that's learning that somehow we have to get into the satellite consumer broadband segment in India,"