New Delhi, Aug. 10 -- The UK's Office of Communications (Ofcom) is the country's communications regulator and competition authority. Its group director for spectrum David Willis, in an interview with Mint at London headquarters, said spectrum reserve prices must be set carefully, as 5G monetization remains "a bit challenged". Willis noted that Indian telecom operators have remained viable in spite of the "affordable" data prices. He said that in the satellite broadband space, the UK has more than 100,000 broadband connections through low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellites. Willis said countries like India could adopt a balanced approach to satellite broadband approval to expand connectivity.

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