India, July 9 -- A section of India's communications industry has raised concerns about what it describes as a "fundamental structural defect" in the proposed Satellite Communication Network (SCN) authorisation framework, arguing that the regulatory architecture separates control of the network and spectrum from accountability to end users.

The Broadband India Forum (BIF), in its final submission to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), has argued that satellite communication should be authorised as a service under Section 3(1)(a) of the Telecommunications Act, 2023, rather than treated primarily as a network under Section 3(1)(b).

The debate goes to the heart of how India should regulate a rapidly emerging satellite broadba...