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The International Telecommunication Union (ITU),

headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland is an

international organization within the United

Nations System where governments and theprivate sector coordinate global telecom

networks and services

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Plenipotentiary Conference

The Plenipotentiary Conference is the top policy-making body of the

International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Held every four years, theConference sets the Union's general policies, adopts four-year strategic and

financial plans and elects the senior management team of the organization,the members of Council and the members of the Radio Regulations Board. In

other words, it is the key event at which ITU Member States decide on thefuture role of the organization, thereby determining the organization's

ability to influence and affect the development of Information andcommunication technologies (ICT) worldwide.

Sector members (recognized operating agencies, scientific or industrial

organizations and financial or development institutions and organizations of an

international character representing them) can also attend the Conference asobservers.

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The ITU Council

The ITU Council was established in 1947 under the name Administrative Council,following a decision taken by the 1947 Plenipotentiary Conference in Atlantic City,New Jersey, United States.

It comprises a maximum of 25% of the total number of Member States, which are

elected by the Plenipotentiary Conference with due regard to the need for equitabledistribution of Council seats among the five world regions (Americas, Western Europe,

Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia and Australasia). The current Council comprises 46Member States.

The role of the Council is to consider, in the interval between plenipotentiaryconferences, broad telecommunication policy issues to ensure that the Union·s

activities, policies and strategies fully respond to today·s dynamic, rapidly changingtelecommunication environment. It also prepares the ITU strategic plan.

In addition, the Council is responsible for ensuring the smooth day-to-day running ofthe Union, coordinating work programmes, approving budgets and controlling finances

and expenditure.Finally, the Council takes all steps to facilitate the implementation of the provisions of

the ITU Constitution, the ITU Convention, the Administrative Regulations

(International Telecommunication Regulations and Radio Regulations), the decisions of

plenipotentiary conferences and, where appropriate, the decisions of otherconferences and meetings of the Union.

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World conferences on international telecommunications are held at the request of the

Plenipotentiary Conference, and are empowered to revise the International TelecommunicationRegulations, an international treaty governing the provision and operation of public

telecommunication services, as well as the underlying transport mechanisms used to provide

them. The regulations provide a broad, basic framework for telecommunication administrationsand operators in the provision of international telecommunication services.

Because of the rapid evolution of telecommunication technology, the International

Telecommunication Regulations focus on broad general principles aimed at facilitating global

interconnection and interoperability on the basis of mutual agreement between

telecommunication carriers. Detailed technical specifications relating to the functioning andoperation of equipment and systems are contained in ITU-T standards, which are continually

updated on the basis of industry requirements

World Conference on International Telecommunications

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World radiocommunication conferences (WRC) are held every two to three years. It is

the job of WRC to review, and, if necessary, revise the Radio Regulations, the

international treaty governing the use of the radio-frequency spectrum and the

geostationary-satellite and non-geostationary-satellite orbits. Revisions are made on

the basis of an agenda determined by the ITU Council, which takes into accountrecommendations made by previous world radiocommunication conferences.

The general scope of the agenda of world radiocommunication conferences is

established four to six years in advance, with the final agenda set by the ITU Council

two years before the conference, with the concurrence of a majority of MemberStates.

Under the terms of the ITU Constitution, a WRC can:

revise the Radio Regulations and any associated frequency assignment andallotment plans

address any radiocommunication matter of worldwide character

give instructions to the Radio Regulations Board and the Radiocommunication

Bureau, and review their activities

determine Questions for study by the Radiocommunication Assembly and the

Sector·s study groups in preparation for future radiocommunication conferences.

R adiocommunication Conference

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World telecommunication standardization assemblies approve the work programme of ITU-T and

determine the priorities, urgency and time-frame for completion of work relating to the preparation of

standards. Assemblies also approve, modify or reject draft ITU-T Recommendations (de facto standards)and consider the reports of the study groups and the Telecommunication Standardization Advisory

Group. In addition, they decide on the structure of study groups and on the allocation of Questions to be

studied by each study group. To facilitate the participation of developing countries in the work of ITU-Tstudy groups, the Assembly aims to identify and group together Questions of interest to developing

countries.

A world telecommunication standardization assembly is held every four years. Additional assemblies may

be held at the request of at least one quarter of ITU Member States, providing a majority of States

agrees, through a proposal put to the ITU Council or on the recommendation of a previous assembly.

World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly

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World telecommunication development conferences (WTDC) are convened every

four years with the purpose of reviewing the progress made in telecommunication

in developing countries and to establish ICT development priorities, strategies and

Action Plans for the future. Priority is accorded to the expansion and

modernization of networks, the mobilization of resources and regulatory reform

needed to boost telecommunication penetration and access in the world·s poorer

countries.They also serve to promote international cooperation and partnerships which can

sustain infrastructure and institutional strengthening in the developing countries.

Regional preparatory meetings (RPMs) establish regional priorities in Africa,

Americas, Arab States, Europe and CIS and Asia-Pacific regions as well as aroadmap to achieve regionally-defined goals.

The World Telecommunication Development Conference provides direction to the

Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) and establishes mechanisms and

work programmes for BDT in light of the high-level recognition of the digital dividecreated by the rapid and pervasive expansion of ICTs.

WTDC also establishes study groups to undertake studies on issues of relevance to

developing countries, including development policies, financing, network planning,

and introduction of new services, and is charged with examining the reports of

such study groups.

Telecommunication Development Conferences

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.1) At the heart of this wireless world lies ITU·s Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R), which

is charged with determining the technical characteristics and operational procedures

for a huge and growing range of wireless services.

2) The Sector also plays a vital role in the management of the radio-frequency spectrum,

a finite natural resource which is increasingly in demand due to the rapid development

of new radio-based services and the enormous popularity of mobile communications

technologies.

3) In their role as global spectrum coordinator, the Member States of theRadiocommunication Sector develop and adopt the Radio Regulations, a voluminous

set of rules which serve as a binding international treaty governing the use of the radio

spectrum by some 40 different services around the world. The Sector also acts,

through its Bureau, as a central registrar of international frequency use, recording and

maintaining the Master International Frequency Register which currently includes

around 1 265 000 terrestrial frequency assignments, 87 096 assignments servicing 590

satellite networks, and another 46 179 assignments related to 3 163 satellite earth

stations.4) In addition, ITU-R is responsible for coordinating efforts to ensure that the

communication, broadcasting and meteorological satellites in the world·s increasingly

crowded skies can co-exist without causing harmful interference to one another·s

services. In this role, the Union facilitates agreements between both operators and

governments, and provides practical tools and services to help frequency spectrummanagers carry out their day-to-day work.

R elevance o R adiocommunication Sector

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The R adio R egulations

Since the global use and management of frequencies requires a high level of international

cooperation, one of the principal tasks of ITU-R is to oversee and facilitate the complex inter-

governmental negotiations needed to develop legally binding agreements between sovereign states.

These agreements are embodied in the Radio Regulations and in regional plans adopted for

broadcasting and mobile services.The first set of Radio Regulations was put in place in 1906 at the Berlin International Radiotelegraph

Conference, which adopted the first Radiotelegraph Convention. By 1947, the popularity of radio-

based systems had reached such a point that the Table of Frequency Allocations, drawn up in 1912 to

monitor the use of various parts of the radio-frequency spectrum, was made mandatory in order to

provide operation of different services without harmful interference. The Radio Regulations apply to

frequencies ranging from 9 kHz to 400 GHz, and now incorporate over 1 000 pages of information

describing how the spectrum may be used and shared around the globe. In an increasingly ¶unwired·

world, some 40 different radio services now compete for spectrum allocations to provide thebandwidth needed to extend services or support larger numbers of users.

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1)The portion of the radiofrequency spectrum suitable for communications is divided into ¶blocks·,

the size of which varies according to individual services and their requirements. These blocks are

called ¶frequency bands·, and are allocated to services on an exclusive or shared basis. The full list

of services and frequency bands allocated in different regions forms the Table of Frequency

Allocations, which is itself part of the Radio Regulations.

2)Changes to the Table, and to the Radio Regulations themselves, can only be made by a world

radiocommunication conference. Alterations are made on the basis of negotiations between

national delegations, which work to reconcile demands for greater capacity and new services withthe need to protect existing services.

3)In addition to managing the Table of Frequency Allocations, world radiocommunication

conferences may also adopt assignment plans or allotment plans for services where transmission

and reception are not necessarily restricted to a particular country or territory. In the case of

assignment plans, frequencies are allocated on the basis of requirements expressed by each

country for each station within a given service, while in the case of allotment plans, each country

is allotted frequencies to be used by a given service, which the national authorities then assign to

the relevant stations within that service.4)ITU-R prepares the technical groundwork which enables radiocommunication conferences to

make sound decisions, developing regulatory procedures and examining technical issues, planning

parameters and sharing criteria with other services in order to calculate the risk of harmfulinterference.

Management of the Spectrum

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Achievements o the ITU-R

One of the Radiocommunication Sector·s most important recent achievements has been thedevelopment and acceptance of the IMT-2000 global standard for cellular telephony.

Built on the vision of a single, worldwide standard which would harmonize today·s oftenincompatible regional cellular systems, IMT-2000 provides a global platform on which tobuild so-called ¶third-generation· services ³ fast data access, unified messaging andbroadband multimedia in the form of exciting new interactive services.

Work began on IMT-2000 back in 1985 under the auspices of ITU-R Study Group 8. Knowninitially as FPLMTS (future public land mobile telecommunication systems), the standard

soon became International Mobile Telecommunications 2000, the standard is based around aradio-frequency allocation in the 2000 MHz band.

Aside from offering global roaming capabilities, IMT-2000 is expected to spur the growth ofnew services such as mobile Internet and wireless data transmission through its ability tosend and receive information at megabit data rates, a huge speed improvement on therates supported by most of today·s second-generation digital networks. In addition, dynamicresource control techniques built into the IMT-2000 standard should greatly improve thespectrum efficiency of third-generation systems and help lower operators· costs throughincreased network capacity.

If the industry deploys 3G networks and services on the basis of the IMT-2000 standard,subscribers to third-generation cellular systems will soon benefit from the seamless globalroaming and anytime, anywhere access that have been cornerstones of ITU·s IMT-2000development activities since the mid-1980s.

IMT-2000 third-generation systems, now starting to be deployed, will in principle initiallyoperate alongside existing second-generation systems, with multimode handsets providingusers with transparent, reliable wireless communications across regions, across countriesand across networks.

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Functions o ITU-T

The Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) embodies ITU·s oldest activity ³ developing

internationally-agreed technical and operating standards (in ITU parlance, ITU-T Recommendations)

and defining tariff and accounting principles for international telecommunication services. The workof ITU-T aims to foster seamless interconnection of the world·s communication network and systems.

International standards for information and communication technologies (ICT) are growing in

importance not only because of globalization but also because the ICT sector is one of the pillars intoday·s economy. Whether we exchange voice, data or video messages, communications cannot take

place without standards linking the sender and the receiver such as SS7, E.164, JPEG, MPEG, H.323,

TCP/IP, GSM, ADSL, etc. The telephone network, arguably one of the most complex projects everundertaken, is based on a myriad of standards, and ITU·s work was instrumental in its creation.

In the field of global information infrastructure, ITU-T is leading the way through standards

development efforts aimed at defining the building blocks of a new broadband global infrastructure.

The next-generation network (NGN) is a key area of study for ITU-T as operators around the world

look to migrate to an IP-based infrastructure. The convergence between Internet protocol (IP),public switched telephone network (PSTN), digital subscriber line (DSL), cable television (CATV),

wireless local area network (WLAN) and mobile technologies is a task that many believe is impossiblewithout the development of global standards.

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Standard Setting Process

International standards-setting activities represent a global collective effort

amounting to several hundreds of millions of dollars every year. ITU-T makes a vital

contribution to this process with an open, worldwide membership and a collaborative,

impartial approach. Private sector and government members work together to identify

areas for standardization and the best possible technical solutions which are quicklyratified as ITU-T Recommendations.

Essential to the smooth functioning of the world·s fast-expanding communication

networks, globally agreed, globally accepted standards allow all nations to benefit

from access to leading-edge technologies and provide a basis for commercial

application of technological advances on a global scale. Through standardization

efforts spanning more than 130 years, ITU has helped the global telecommunication

industry grow to become the world·s third-largest business sector with an annual value

of over USD 1 trillion. Now, as an increasing number of operators re-orient their

business plans to move to next-generation ³ all-IP ³ networks, ITU-T·s workprogramme is adapting and expanding to encompass developments in these systems.

With a majority of its membership from the private sector, ITU-T understands the

crucial balance between rapid delivery and stability in standards development. The

Sector has already made great progress in speeding up time-to-market of its

Recommendations, and continues to work hard to ensure vital new standards are made

available to the industry in the shortest possible time.

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Over the last decade, ITU-T has dramatically overhauled its standards-making, streamlining

approval procedures and cutting development time by as much as 95 per cent. This means that

an average standard, which took around four years to develop 10 years ago, can now be

approved in as little as eight weeks for technical standards and nine months forRecommendations having policy or regulatory implications.

These productivity gains, brought about by the implementation of accelerated approval

procedures, electronic processing and distribution of documents and more efficient office

working methods, were effected to offer a better, faster service to members.

In an increasingly dynamic environment for telecommunication systems and services, ITU-T

recognizes that its members rely on timely, stable standards which allow them to remain

competitive yet protect their investment in manufacturing systems and costly research and

development.

NewApproach to Standard Making Process

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Sector activities include policy and regulatory advice, advice on the

financing of telecommunications and on low-cost technology options,

assistance in human resource management, and the development of

initiatives targeting rural development and universal access.

Throughout all these activities, ITU-D maintains a strong emphasis on

brokering partnerships with the private sector, with a view to

harnessing the commercial drive of industry to meet the needs ofdeveloping nations.

The Sector also produces a range of authoritative informationresources which provide analysis of trends in the global

telecommunication sector backed by official statistics from the

world·s leading source of telecommunication information. Examples

include the W orld Telecommunication Development Report (WTDR), a

flagship publication which provides a comprehensive overview of an

industry in full transition, and the Telecommunication Regulatory

Survey , an annual survey which monitors world telecommunication

reform and serves as the basis of a regulatory database offering vital

information for governments reforming their telecommunicationsector.

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Partnerships or evelopment

With traditional sources of international development funding growing increasingly scarce, the

future success of telecommunication development programmes will depend on partnerships

between the public and private sectors and on close cooperation between a range of players,

including government, regulators, operators, financial institutions, equipment manufacturers andservice providers.

In this new environment, ITU-D is using its unique position as an organization having strong ties with

both government and private industry to play a catalytic role in promoting strategic partnerships

which offer win-win benefits. The Sector is also working hard to assist countries create an economic

climate and regulatory framework attractive to private investment, and develop strategies andprogrammes which stimulate access to telecommunication services.

Through a special development initiative, surplus funds generated by ITU·s highly successful ITU

Telecom events are now used as seed money to fund promising development projects in partnership

with the private sector in areas such as electronic commerce, tele-education, telemedicine and the

establishment of specialized telecommunication centres of excellence

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NTP 1994

Objectives

1)The focus of the Telecom Policy shall be telecommunicationfor all and telecommunication within the reach of all. Thismeans ensuring the availability of telephone on demand as earlyas possible.

2) To achieve universal service covering all villages as early aspossible. What is meant by the expression universal service isthe provision of access to all people for certain basic telecomservices at affordable and reasonable prices.

3)The quality of telecom services should be of world standard.Removal of consumer complaints, dispute resolution andpublic interface will receive special attention. The objective willalso be to provide widest permissible range of services tomeet the customer's demand at reasonable prices.

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4) Taking into account India's size and development, it isnecessary to ensure that India emerges as a majormanufacturing base and major exporter of telecom equipment.

Objectives ontd

5)The defence and security interests of the country will beprotected.

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Access Service

MTS & Unif ied Access Service)

Infrastructure Provider

I MAR SAT

National Long Distance

International Long Distance

Internet ithout Telephony

Internet ith Telephony

ategor ies of Licenses

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VPN

VSAT

R adio Paging

PMR TS

GMP S

INSAT MSS

Voice Mail/Audiotex/ UMS

Telemarketing

Other Service Provider (including PO)

Categor ies of Licenses

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1. The applicant ust be an Indian co pany, registered under the Indian

Co panies Act¶1956.

2. The total co posite foreign holding including but not limited to investments

by Foreign Institutional Investors FIIs), Non-resident Indians NR Is),

Foreign Currency Convertible onds FCCBs), Amer ican Depository

R ecei pts ADR s), lo bal Depository R ecei pts DR s), convertible

preference shares, proportionate foreign investment in Indian

promoters/investment com panies including their holding com panies, etc.,

herein after referred as FDI, ill not exceed 74 per cent

3. The licensee ill be required to disclose the status of such foreign holding

and certify that the foreign investment is ithin the ceiling of 74% on a half year ly basis.

Ter ms of License

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Ter ms of License

1. The major ity Directors on the Board including Chair man, Managing

Director and Chief xecutive Off icer CEO) shall be resident Indian

citizens. The appointment to these positions from among resident Indian

citizens shall be made in consultation ith ser ious Indian investors.

2. Foreign Investment Promotion Board FIPB) approval shall be required

for FDI in the licensee com pany/Indian promoters/investment com panies

including their holding com panies if it has a bear ing on the overall ceiling

of 74 per cent. While approving the investment proposals, FIPB shall tak e

note that investment is not coming from unfr iendly countr ies

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Ter ms of License

1. The Com pany shall not transfer the follo ing to any person/ place outside

India:-

2. a) any accounting infor mation relating to su bscr iber except for

roaming/ billing) ( Note: it does not restr ict a statutor ily required disclosure of

f inancial nature) ;

3. (b) user infor mation (except pertaining to foreign su bscr ibers using Indian

Operator¶s net or k while roaming); and

(c) details of their infrastructure/networ k diagram except to telecomequi pment suppliers/manufacturers who undertak e the installation,

commissioning etc. of the infrastructure of the licensee Com pany on signing

of non-disclosure agreement

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Ter ms of License

The Com pany when enter ing into roaming agreements with service providers

outside India must provide, on demand, the list of such users (telephone

numbers, in case of foreign su bscr ibers using Indian Operator¶s networ k

while roaming).

The Com pany must provide tracea ble identity of their su bscr ibers. However,

in case of providing service to roaming su bscr iber of foreign Com panies, the

Indian Com pany shall endeavor to o btain tracea ble identity of roaming

su bscr ibers from the foreign com pany as a part of its roaming agreement

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Ter ms of License

No R emote Access (RA) shall be provided to any equi pment manufacturer or any

other agency out side the country for any maintenance/repairs by the licensee.

However, RA may be allowed for catastrophic software failure (such as failure to boot

up etc.) which would lead to major part of the networ k becoming non-functional for a

prolonged per iod, su b ject to meeting the following conditions:-

(a) An identif ied overnment agency (Intelligence Bureau) will be notif ied, when

RA is to be provided.(b) R emote Access password is to be ena bled for a def inite per iod only and only for

access from pre-approved locations of the Or iginal Equi pment Manufacturer (OEM)

Vendors and only for the equi pments specif ically under repair/maintenance.

(c) The control of R emote Access i.e. activation, transfer of data, ter mination etc.

shall be within the country and not at a R emote location, a broad.

(d) The overnment agency will be given all support to record the transactions for on-line monitor ing.Any equi pment or software that for ms part of the overall

monitor ing shall not be per mitted to have remote access under any circumstances.

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Ter ms of License

It shall be open to the Licensor to restr ict the Licensee Com pany from

operating in any sensitive area from the National Secur ity angle.

1)In order to maintain the pr ivacy of voice and data, monitor ing shall

only be upon author isation by the Union Home Secretary or Home

Secretar ies of the States/Union Terr itor ies.

2)For monitor ing traff ic, the licensee com pany shall provide blind access

of their networ k and other facilities as well as to book s of accounts to the

secur ity agencies

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The licence for Unif ied Access Services shall be issued on non-exclusive

basis, for a per iod of 20 years, extenda ble by 10 years at one time within the

terr itor ial jur isdiction of a licensed Service Area

Terms o License

Time duration o the License

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Terms o License

No single com pany/ legal person, either directly or through its associates,

shall have su bstantial equity holding in more than one LICENSEE Com pany

in the same service area for the Access Services namely; Basic, Cellular and

Unif ied Access Service. µSu bstantial equity¶ herein will mean µan equity of 10% or more¶. A promoter com pany/ Legal person cannot have stak es in

more than one LICENSEE Com pany for the same service area. A certif icate

to this effect shall be provided by the applicant¶s com pany Secretary

alongwith application.

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6 The applicant and promoters of applicant com pany should have a

combined net-worth of amount as detailed in the Ta ble below:

Net-worth

Total Minimum Net-worth requiredR s.30 rores for each Category Service Area

R s.50 rores for each Category Service Area

R s.100 rores for each CategoryA Service Area

100 X+50 Y+30 Z where X,Y & Z is respectively the Number of A,

B & C Service Areas for which either LOI/ Licence have been

issued or applied for in the name of applicant.

Terms o License

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Scope o the License

The Unif ied Access Services cover collection, carr iage, transmission anddelivery of voice and/or non-voice MESSAGES over LICENSEE¶s networ k

in the designated SERVICE AR EA and includes provision of all types of

access services. Access service provider can also provide Internet Telephony ,

Internet Services and Broad band Services.

If required , access service provider can use the networ k of NLD/ILD service

licensee. The access service includes but not limited to wireline and / or

wireless service including full mo bility, limited mo bility and f ixed wireless

access. However, the licensee shall be free to enter an agreement with other

service provider (s) in India or a broad for providing roaming facility to its

su bscr iber under full mo bility service unless advised / directed by Licensor

other wise.The LICENSEE may offer ³ Home Zone Tar iff Scheme (s)´ as a su bset of full

mo bile service in well def ined geographical Areas through a tar iff of its

choice within the scope of orders of TRAI. Number ing and interconnection

for this service shall be same as that of Full mo bile su bscr ibers.

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Scope o the License

In respect of su bscr iber availing limited mo bility facility, the mo bility shall be

restr icted to the local area i.e. Short Distance Charging Area (SDCA) in

which the su bscr iber is registered.

While deploying such systems, the LICENSEE has to follow the SDCA based

link ed number ing plan in accordance with the National Number ing Plan of the respective SDCA within which the service is provided and it should not be

possible to authenticate and wor k with the su bscr iber ter minal equi pment in

SDCAs other than the one in which it is registered.

Ter minal of such su bscr iber in wireless access system can be registered in

only one SDCA. Multi ple registration or Tem porary su bscr iber/ Su bscr i ption

facilities in more than one SDCA using the same Su bscr iber ter minal in

wireless access systems is not per mitted and the same Su bscr iber Ter minal

can not be used to avail Limited Mo bile facility in more than one SDCA

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Financial details about License ees

In addition to the non refunda ble Entry fee descr ibed a bove, the Licensee

shall also pay Licence fee annually @ 10/8/6% of Adjusted Gross

R evenue (AGR ) or category A/ / service areas respectively excluding

spectrum charges .

Licence Fee shall be paya ble in four quarter ly installments dur ing each

f inancial year (FY). Any delay in payment of Licence Fee, or any other

dues paya ble under the LICENCE beyond the sti pulated per iod will attract

interest at a rate which will be 2% a bove the Pr ime Lending R ate (PLR) of

State Bank of India.

The Fee/royalty paya ble towards (Wireless Planning and Coordination

Wing(WPC)) WPC Charges shall be paya ble at such time(s) and in suchmanner as the WPC Wing of the DoT may prescr ibe from time to time.

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S.N

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Type of Licence Revised

fee Rupees

per annum

Remarks

1. Fixed / Land Station 500 Per station

2. Land Mobile Station 250 Per Station

3. Captive Paging (for Hub) 2000 (No royalty)

4. Import Licence 500 per import licence

5. Maritime Mobile Station

(Fishing Trawlers)

500 per trawler

6. Maritime Mobile Station (Ships) 5000 per ship

7. Aeromobile Station Licence 5000 per aircraft

8. USR (Short Range) 250 per station

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Guarantees

The applicant com pany shall su bmit Financial Bank Guarantee (FBG) of

amount equal to R s. 50, 25 and 5 Crores for category µA¶ µB¶ & µC¶ service

areas respectively before the date of signing the licence agreement in the

prescr ibed Profor ma given in the Licence Agreement. Initially, FBG shall

be valid for a per iod of one year and shall be renewed from time to time for

such amount as may be directed by the Licensor.

The applicant shall also su bmit Perfor mance Bank Guarantees (PBG) of

amount equal to R s. 20, 10 and 2C

rores for category µA¶ µB

¶ & µC

¶ serviceareas respectively in the prescr ibed Profor ma given in the Licence

Agreement before signing the licence. PBG shall be valid for a per iod of

three year and shall be renewed from time to time

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LICENSEE shall ensure ³R oll-out o bligations´ that

(i) Atleast 10% of the Distr ict Headquarters (DHQs) will be

covered in the f irst year and 50% of the Distr ict Headquarters will be

covered within three years of effective date of Licence.(ii) The choice of Distr ict Headquarters/towns to be covered and

further expansion beyond 50% Distr ict Headquarters/towns shall lie with the

Licensee depending on their business decision.

(iii) There is no requirement of mandatory coverage of rural areas.

Obligations

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On com pletion of one year from the effective date of Licence and meeting the

coverage cr iter ia sti pulated for f irst year,the PBG shall be reduced to

R s.10/5/1 crores for category µA¶/¶B

¶/¶C

¶ service areas on self-certif ication provided by the Licensee.

Further on fulf illing the roll out o bligations as sti pulated in Licence

agreement, the balance PBG shall be released on recei pt of test certif icate /

test certif icates issued by TEC in respect of coverage

Obligations

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Liquidated amages

In case the LICENSEE fails to br ing the Service or any part thereof into

commission (i.e., fails to deliver the service or to meet the required

coverage cr iter ia/ networ k roll out o bligations) within the per iod prescr ibed

for the commissioning, the Licensor shall be entitled to recover LD charges

@ R s. 5 Lak h (R upees: Five Lak hs) per week for f irst 13 week s; @ R s 10

lak hs for the next 13 week s and thereafter @ R s. 20 lak hs for 26 week s

su b ject to a maximum of R s. 7.00 crores. Part of the week is to be

considered as a full week for the purpose of calculating the LD charges.

For delay of more than 52 week s the Licence may be ter minated under the

ter ms and conditions of the Licence agreement.

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In case of provision of bandwidth by the Licensee through the satellite

media, the Licensee shall a bide by the prevalent Government orders,

directions or regulations on the su b ject lik e satellite communication

policy, V-SAT policy etc.

For use of space segment and setting up of the Earth Station etc., the

Licensee shall directly coordinate with and o btain clearance from

N

etwor k Operations andC

ontrolC

entre ( N

OCC

), apart from o btainingSACFA clearance. The clearance from other author ities shall also be

o btained by the Licensee

Conditions for Operation

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Principles orOperations

The LICENSEE shall register demand/request for telephone connectionwithout any discr imination from any applicant, at any place in the licensed

service area and provide the SERVICE, unless other wise directed by the

LICENSOR .

The LICENSEE shall not in any manner discr iminate between su bscr ibers

and provide service on the same commercial pr inci ple and shall be required tomaintain a transparent, open to inspection, waiting list. The LICENSEE shall

clear ly def ine the scope of Service to the Su bscr iber (s) at the time of enter ing

into contract with such Su bscr iber (s).

LICENSOR shall have r ight to im pose suita ble penalty, not limited to a

f inancial penalty, apart from any other actions for breach of this condition.

The LICENSEE shall launch the SERVICE on commercial basis only after commencement of registration in the manner prescr ibed.

Before commencement of SERVICE in an area, the LICENSEE shall notify

and pu blicize the address where any su bscr iber can register demand /request

for telephone connection.

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Provision o Public Utility Services

The licensee shall provide independently or through mutually agreed

commercial arrangements with other Service Providers all pu blic utility

services including TOLL FR EE services such as police, f ire, ambulance,

railways/road/air accident enquiry, police control, disaster management etc

While providing emergency services such as police, f ire, ambulance etc. it

shall be ensured that such calls or iginated shall be delivered to the control

room of the concerned author ity for the area from where call is or iginated.

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Conditions or Interconnection

LICENSEE shall be free to carry intra-Service Area long distance traff ic

without seek ing additional licence.

However, su b ject to technical feasibility, the su bscr iber of the intra-Service

Area long distance calls, shall be given the choice to use the networ k of

another Service Provider in the same service area, wherever possible.

The LICENSEE can also mak e mutual agreements with National Long

Distance Operators for carrying intraC

ircle Long Distance traff ic

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Conditions or Interconnection

The LICENSEE shall ensure adherence to the National

FU NDAMENTAL PLA N ( Which includes National Number ing, routing

and Transmission plan issued by Department of Telecommunications

and technical standards as prescr ibed by LICENSOR or TRAI.

6 It shall be mandatory for the LICENSEE to provide interconnection to

all eligible Telecom Service Providers as well as NLD Operators where by

the su bscr ibers could have a free choice to mak e inter-circle/ international

long distance calls through NLD/ ILD Operator. For international longdistance call, the LICENSEE shall nor mally access International Long

Distance Operator's networ k through National Long Distance Operator's

networ k su b ject to fulf illment of any Guidelines/ Orders/ Directions/

R egulation issued from time to time by Licensor/ TRAI. The LICENSEE

shall not refuse to interconnect with the International Long Distance

Licensee directly in situations where ILD Gateway Switches/ Point of

Presence (POP), and that of Access Provider¶s (GMSC/ Transit Switch)

are located at the same station of Level -I TAX .

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National Security Obligations

The LICENSEE is o bliged to provide, without any delay, all the tracing

facilities to trace nuisance, o bnoxious or malicious calls, messages or communications transported through his equi pment and networ k , to author ized

off icers of GoI including Police, Customs, Excise, Intelligence Department

off icers etc. when such infor mation is required for investigations or detection

of cr imes and in the interest of national secur ity.

The LICENSOR or its author ized representative shall have r ight to inspect the

sites used for extending the Service and in particular but not limited to, havethe r ight to have access to leased lines, junctions, ter minating interfaces,

hardware/software, memor ies of semiconductor, magnetic and optical var ieties,

wired or wireless options, distr ibution frames, and conduct the perfor mance

test including to enter into dialogue with the system through Input/output

devices or ter minals.The LICENSEE will provide the necessary facilities for continuous monitor ing

of the system, as required by the LICENSOR or its author ized

representative(s). The Inspection will ordinar ily be carr ied out after reasona ble

notice except in circumstances where giving such a notice will defeat the very

purpose of the inspection

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SACFA

The Standing Advisory Committee on R adio Frequency Allocations

(SACFA) is a high level committee chaired by Secretary (DOT)/Chair man,

Telecom Commission. Heads of major wireless users/administrative

ministr ies of the Govt. of India, Member (Technology), Telecom

Commission, and Wireless Adviser to the Govt. of India, Joint Secretary,

DoT are its members. WPC wing of the Ministry of Communications

provides secretar ial hel p to the committee. Joint Wireless Adviser, WPC

wing is the member-secretary of the Committee

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Functions o SACFA

The main functions of the committee are to mak e recommendations on:-

1) Major frequency allocation issues

2) For mulation of National Frequency Allocation Plan

3) Mak ing recommendations on var ious issues related to International

Telecommunications Union (ITU)

4) Asia Pacif ic Telecommunity (APT)

5) To sort out the pro blems referred to the committee by var ious wireless

users, siting clearance of all wireless installations in the country, etc

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SACFA clearances are issued after getting 'no o b jection' from

var ious SACFA members who have to carry out detailed technicalevaluation including f ield surveys, etc. at times they have to o btain

evaluations from their f ield units.The technical evaluation is done pr imar ily for-

a) Aviation hazards.

b) O bstruction to line of site of existing/planned networ k s

c) Interference (Electro Magnetic Interference (EMI)/Electro

Magnetic Com patibility (EMC)) to existing and proposed

networ k s.

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CONSTITUTION OFTDSAT

The Appellate Tribunal came into existence on 29th May, 2000

and started hearing cases from January 2001. Hon¶ble Mr.

Justice Suhas C. Sen, former Judge of Supreme Court of India,

was appointed as its first Chairperson and succeeded byHon'ble Mr. Justice D.P. Wadhwa.

The Tribunal is presently headed by Hon¶ble Mr. Justice N.

Santosh Hegde, a former Judge of the Supreme Court,

Chairperson, Mr. Vinod Vaish, former Secretary to the

Government of India and Lt. Gen. D P Sehgal (Retd) are

Members of the Appellate Tribunal.

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LEGAL POWER SOFTDSAT

No other Civil Court or High Court has jurisdiction to

entertain any suit or proceeding in respect of any matter

which the Appellate Tribunal is empowered by or under this

Act to determine and no injunction shall be granted by any

court or other authority in respect of any action taken or to

be taken in pursuance of any power conferred by or under

this Act.

An appeal shall lie against any order of TDSAT to the

Supreme Court of India.

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