New Delhi, June 24 -- New Delhi: The government on Wednesday removed a proposed 20% local sourcing requirement for satellite broadband operators such as Starlink, Eutelsat OneWeb and Amazon Leo from its final telecom authorization rules, although industry sources said the obligation could still be enforced indirectly through satellite licence agreements and security undertakings.

The new rules also tighten security requirements for satellite operators and introduce a stricter anti-fraud framework for telecom service providers.

Draft rules issued last year required operators to source at least 20% of the value of ground-segment equipment and infrastructure from India within five years of launching commercial services.

While this require...