PIB, October 2024: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has today released a consultation paper on ‘the Terms and Conditions of Network Authorizations to be Granted Under the Telecommunications Act, 2023’.
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT), through a letter dated July 26, 2024, informed TRAI that the Telecommunications Act, 2023, has been published in the Official Gazette of India; Section 3(1)(b) of the Act provides for obtaining an authorization by any person intending to establish, operate, maintain, or expand a telecommunications network, subject to such terms and conditions, including fees or charges, as may be prescribed. Through the said letter dated 26.07.2024, DoT, under Section 11(1)(a) of the TRAI Act 1997, requested TRAI to provide its recommendations on terms and conditions, including fees or charges, for authorization to establish, operate, maintain, or expand a telecommunications network as per the provisions of the Telecommunications Act, 2023.
Subsequently, through another letter dated 17.10.2024, DoT requested TRAI to consider an authorization for a satellite communication network under Section 3(1)(b) of the Telecommunications Act, 2023.
In this regard, a consultation paper on ‘the Terms and Conditions of Network Authorizations to be Granted Under the Telecommunications Act, 2023’ has been placed on the TRAI’s website (www.trai.gov.in) for seeking comments or counter-comments from stakeholders. Written comments and countercomments on the issues raised in the consultation paper are invited from stakeholders by 12.11.2024 and 19.11.2024, respectively.
The comments/counter-comments may be sent, preferably in electronic form, at [email protected].
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