DoT Issues Guidelines for Grant of Unified License

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on January 17, 2022 has issued guidelines for grant of unified license.

The following guidelines has been stated namely: -

• The applicant must be an Indian company, registered under the Companies Act, 2013

• One Company can have only one Unified License. The applicant company can apply for authorization for more than one service and service area subject to fulfillment of all the conditions of entry simultaneously or separately at different time. The tenure of such authorization will run concurrently with the Unified License.

• A one-time non-refundable Entry Fee for authorization of each Service and service area shall be payable before signing of license agreement and thereafter for each additional authorization.

• Any applicant who has been issued a LoI for grant of a license in the existing regime prior to UL guidelines, shall be considered for grant of UL with applicable terms and conditions for that authorization only. In such cases, processing fee/entry fee already paid shall be adjusted. In no case, processing fee/entry fee already paid shall be refunded either in part or full.

[Notification No. 20-577/2016 AS-I (Vol.III)]