Satellite communication firms are concerned over the exclusion of Global Mobile Personal Communications Service (GMPCS) providers from draft rules for administrative spectrum allocation. The Broadband India Forum highlighted this omission, stating it contradicts the Telecommunications Act. While the rules cover various satellite services, GMPCS, explicitly mentioned in the Act for administrative assignment, is missing, creating industry uncertainty. Consultation on the draft rules is ongoing.

New draft rules from the Department of Telecommunications will allow administrative spectrum assignment for state-run firms like BSNL and MTNL, law enforcement, and private…

Merely getting a licence from the Department of Telecom(DoT) to provide satellite communication services will no longer be enough, companies will need security clearance even…

The government's draft rules mandate additional security clearances post-spectrum allocation, alongside conditional consumer services, for satellite communication providers.

Broadband Forum India (BIF) on Tuesday has requested the government to include Global Mobile Personal Communication by Satellites (GMPCS) in the latest draft Telecommunications…

Satellite communication firms are concerned over the exclusion of Global Mobile Personal Communications Service (GMPCS) providers from draft rules for administrative spectrum…