• 5,000 /- (one-time) for 5 years
• Covers all devices under testing
• No royalty or spectrum usage charges

A Manufacturing & Testing License is issued by the WPC Wing, DoT to enable manufacturing, prototype development, and testing of Digital Communication Technology (DCT) products in India, without permitting commercial wireless operations.

Eligible entities include:

• Indian manufacturers
• Companies engaged in prototype development
• Organizations involved in testing of wireless/DCT products

Yes. Operations under this license are restricted to:

• Indoor environment only
• Non-radiating mode or very low power radiating mode

• Initial validity: 5 years
• Renewal: Further 5 years on payment of renewal fee

• Up to 1 year per lab
• Public Access Testbeds: up to 2 years

• Renewable on a case-to-case basis with payment of the same fee 

   

Eligible applicants include:

• Indian companies
• Telecom Service Providers (TSPs)
• Start-ups and incubators
• Academic institutions
• R&D organizations
• Public Access Testbeds

Experimental (Non-Radiating) – Indoor, including license for spectrum
This supports R&D, experimentation, testing, and public access testbeds in indoor environments

• 5,000 (one-time) per license per spectrum band
• No royalty or spectrum usage charges

It is a license issued by the WPC Wing, DoT, to enable R&D, experimentation, testing, and technology trials of 5G and other emerging wireless technologies, without allowing any commercial service delivery

Yes. Each indoor lab/location/campus requires a separate Experimental License. Therefore, for 100 distinct 5G lab locations, 100 licenses are required, even if operated by the same entity

A Demonstration License is issued by the Wireless Planning & Coordination (WPC) Wing, DoT to allow demonstration of finished wireless products for exhibitions, customer premises, or field display, strictly on a non-commercial basis.

There are two types:

1. Demo Indoor (Non-radiating / Very Low Power Radiating)

2. Demo Outdoor (Radiating) 

    

No. A separate Demonstration License is not required for indoor demonstrations (up to one month at one location) if the entity already holds:

• Experimental & Technology Trial License, or
• Manufacturing & Testing License, or
• Valid Dealer Possession License (DPL)
  provided the demo is on non-interference and non-protection basis.

Eligible applicants include:

• Indian companies and organizations
• Indian entities demonstrating finished wireless products
• Authorized Indian traders
• Indian entities importing demo equipment on returnable basis

3 months only, No extension permitted.

1- 5,000 per license (one-time)

2- No royalty or spectrum usage charges

3- All devices operating in a spectrum band are covered under one license

No. Commercial service, sale, or revenue generation is strictly prohibited under all Demonstration Licenses.

Outdoor Demonstration License permits:

• Product demonstration in outdoor environments
• Radiating operation under approved technical parameters
• Temporary field demonstrations without commercial service