New Delhi, June 18 -- Tensions are escalating between telecom operators and major technology and satellite firms over the sector regulator's recent recommendations to the government on satellite spectrum pricing.

Rebutting the operators' claims that the regulator kept the spectrum pricing low and non-transparent, Google, Meta, OneWeb, Hughes, Amazon, Tata'sNelco, among others, have argued that the argument for a "level playing field" between satellite-based communication services and terrestrial networks is both legally unsound and factually incorrect.

The Broadband India Forum (BIF), which represents Big Tech and satellite companies, wrote to the Centre on Wednesday that there was no question of a level playing field, given the vast di...