New Delhi, June 23 -- The satellite communication industry has raised concerns with the government over the exclusion of commercial satellite internet services from draft non-auction spectrum assignment rules released last week.

These services fall under the Global Mobile Personal Communication by Satellite (GMPCS) licence framework, which covers satellite-based broadband. While companies such as OneWeb, Starlink and Jio Satellite Communications have already secured this licence, they have long been waiting for the government to finalize the non-auction allocation rules and pricing.

T.V. Ramachandran, president of Broadband India Forum (BIF) wrote in a letter to telecom secretary Amit Agrawal on Tuesday, "The absence of an express refer...