Mittal says countries need their own satellite networks instead of relying on Starlink
Per Eutelsat chair Sunil Mittal: countries can't rely on another nation for satellite connectivity, so need their own networks.
what happened
Bharti Enterprises founder and Eutelsat Group chairman Sunil Mittal told Bloomberg TV's Francine Lacqua, in an interview published Nov. 5, that "countries can't rely on another country" for satellite connectivity, arguing "Europe needs its own, India needs its own" and that "China's developing their own," so "all countries will need some alternatives," per Bloomberg.
why it matters
Mittal is pitching Eutelsat OneWeb as the sovereign alternative to Starlink for governments wary of depending on a single foreign operator, a framing that matters to any government weighing a satellite-connectivity contract between the two.
for who
connectivity resellers, government procurement officers
signal-to-noise
quick facts
- Companies
- Eutelsat
- Category
- geopolitical
- Impact
- noise
- SNR
- 2 / 5
- Event date
- 2026-11-05
- Published
- 2026-11-05 05:28 UTC