On Monday, the first high throughput satellite (HTS) launched in India, helping to bring broadband service to remote regions. World Is One News (WION), an Indian multinational English language news channel in New Delhi, reported that Hughes Communications India (HCI) and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) collaborated on the project.
The project has been testing in the northern part of the country for the past year. Indian Space Research Organization Chairman Dr. S. Somnath said the partnership with the private sector would help improve people’s lives. He added, “the connectivity experience accelerates India’s digital transformation.”
Hughes Communications India is using ISRO’s Ku-band capacity of GSAT-11 and GSAT-29 satellites to provide service from northeast India to desolate parts of Leh and Ladakh. The high throughput satellite uses spot-beam technology to perform its operations, focusing on a limited area and providing seamless and fast connectivity. WION reported that currently, Hughes Communications India only has 1 Gbps of capacity on its high throughput satellite but plans to increase it to 10 Gbps and then 100 Gbps in the future.
The high throughput satellite solution increases capacity while using the same amount of orbital spectrum, simultaneously reducing the cost per bit. “HTS provides much more bandwidth. It provides much lower-cost bandwidth, and it provides a much higher user experience,” said Shivaji Chatterjee, senior vice president of Hughes Communications India.
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