He said in India most of satellite firms provide broadcast service mainly, but Inmarsat primarily is a communication services provider which gives it an advantage over others.

In India, Inmarsat offers satellite mobile services through Tata Communications, which is the only company in the country that holds licence for such services.

The company is hopeful of getting direct entry into the satellite communications sooner or later.

“India has certain set of regulations and we are going through the process,” an Inmarsat spokesperson said.

There are 1,532 authorized satellite phone connections that can operate within country and a majority of them are used by security forces. TCL has also issued 4,143 permits to maritime community for use of such phones at ships.

International Mobile Satellite Organization was set up under the aegis of United Nations in 1979 and India was one of the founding members.

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