means telecommunication services to address emergencies of any kind, including major accidents, natural or man-made disasters and incidents involving toxic or radio-active materials, or any other emergency declared by the Central Government or State Government from time to time;

means the relevant public, police, fire, ambulance, coast guard or any other services so declared by the Central Government;

means non-refundable amount of fee to be paid for grant of authorisation to provide telecommunication services in a service area of authorisation;

Essential Requirements

ETA (Equipment Type Approval)

means the area identified under section 7 of the Territorial Waters, Continental Shelf, Exclusive Economic Zone And Other Maritime Zones Act, 1976;

means any cause or event, other than the unavailability of funds, which causes non-performance or delay in performance by the authorised entity claiming to be affected by such event, which are:
(i) beyond the reasonable control of, and could not have been anticipated or foreseeable by such entity,
and not brought about at the instance of such entity, or
(ii) which, if anticipated or foreseeable, could not have been avoided by such entity.
Illustrative list of “force majeure events” includes natural phenomena or calamities or any act of God ,
earthquakes, typhoons, floods, fires, explosions, wars declared or undeclared, hostilities, invasions,
blockades, acts of public enemy, sabotage, riots, strikes, insurrection, civil disturbances, Act of State or
direction from Statutory Authority, quarantine restriction, strikes and lockouts (as are not limited to the
establishments and facilities of the authorised entity).

or “FDI” means foreign direct investment as defined under paragraph (r) of rule 2 of the Foreign Exchange Management (Non-debt Instrument) Rules, 2019;

means a form specified by the Central Government from time to time;

Ground Based Tower

means any satellite system which is fixed or mobile, broad-band or narrow-band, global or regional, geo-stationary or non-geo-stationery, existing or planned providing telecommunication services directly to end users from a single or constellation of satellites, and the phrase ‘GMPCS network’ and ‘GMPCS service’ shall be construed accordingly;

Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) is the technical, operational, and administrative structure for maritime distress and safety communications worldwide

means the telecommunication network established by an authorised entity in its service area of authorisation;

 Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C) was established by MHA, in New Delhi to provide a framework and eco-system for Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) for dealing with Cybercrime in a coordinated and comprehensive manner

International Long-Distance Service (ILD) Service - The ILD Service is basically a network carriage service (also called Bearer) providing International connectivity to the Network operated by foreign carriers.

Inter Ministerial Committee for Satellite Network Clearance (IMCSNC)

India National Satellite System- INSAT

means the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Center, which is the autonomous agency within the Department of Space that regulates space sector activities of non-government entities;