India, Feb. 17 -- Bharti Group-backed satcom services provider Eutelsat OneWeb has sought fast track approval from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to launch its twin earth station gateways in India.

The twin earth station gateways refer to a pair of geographically separate earth stations that are designed to function as mirrored backups of each other, allowing for continuous communication with satellites even if one station experiences an outage.

These gateways, which Eutelsat OneWeb plans to establish in India at Mehsana (Gujarat) and Tamil Nadu, will allow it to connect with its low-Earth orbit (LEO) global satellite constellation, enabling the delivery of satellite broadband services across South Asia barring Pakistan and ...