TRAI Releases a Consultation Paper on “the Regulatory
Framework for the Sale of Foreign Telecom Service Providers’ SIM/eSIM Cards for the use in M2M/IoT Devices Meant for Export Purposes”
Telecom Regulatory
Authority of India (TRAI) has released a consultation paper on “the Regulatory Framework
for the Sale of Foreign Telecom Service Providers’ SIM/eSIM
Cards for the use in M2M/IoT Devices Meant for Export Purposes” on 4 July, 2025.
Earlier, Department
of Telecommunications (DoT), Ministry of Communications, Government of India, through
its reference dated 17.09.2024, had requested TRAI to provide recommendations under
Section 11(1)(a) of the TRAI Act, 1997 on terms and conditions for issue and renewal
of no objection certificate (NOC) for import/ sale of foreign telecom service providers'
SIM/eSIM cards for use in M2M/IoT devices meant for export
purposes.
In this regard,
a consultation paper on “the Regulatory Framework for the Sale of Foreign Telecom
Service Providers’ SIM/eSIM Cards for the use in M2M/IoT
Devices Meant for Export Purposes” has been placed on TRAI’s website (www.trai.gov.in).
Written comments on the issues raised in the consultation paper are invited from
stakeholders by 01.08.2025 and counter-comments by 18.08.2025.
The comments/ counter-comments
may be sent, preferably in electronic form to Shri Akhilesh Kumar Trivedi, Advisor
(Networks, Spectrum & Licensing), TRAI, at advmn@trai.gov.in. For any clarification/
information, Shri Akhilesh Kumar Trivedi, Advisor (Networks, Spectrum & Licensing),
TRAI may be contacted at Telephone Number +91-11-20907758.