India, Jan. 30 -- The telecom department is reviewing the applications of Amazon Leo (formerly Kuiper) to launch satcom services in the country, while it has rejected similar applications from Tata Group firm Nelco and Hiranandani Group's Yotta Network.

Minister of state for communications Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani told the Rajya Sabha that Nelco, Yotta Network Services, Bharti Group-backed Eutelsat OneWeb India Communications, Jio Satellite Communications, Starlink Satellite Communications, Amazon Kuiper Services India and Connect4Sure Technologies were among the companies that submitted satcom applications in the past five years.

While Nelco and Yotta's applications were rejected, Connect4Sure withdrew its application. Till now, only O...