Scope and categories
Under the Miscellaneous Services Rules, authorisations are
classified into 7 (seven) categories: (a) Public Mobile Radio
Trunking Service ("PMRTS"); (b)
enterprise communication services; (c) Machine-to-Machine
("M2M"); (d) Prime Minister Wi-fi Access
Network Interface ("PM-WANI"); (e)
In-Flight and Maritime Connectivity
("IFMC"); (f) aeronautical data
communication; and (g) international Subscriber Identity Module
("SIM") services. Authorisations,
granted for a period of 20 (twenty) years, are non-exclusive, and
renewable.
Eligibility and migration
Under the Miscellaneous Services Rules, the applicants must
generally be Indian companies, though M2M services are also open to
limited liability partnerships, trusts, societies, and government
entities. All applicants must comply with FDI norms and exclude
prohibited investors. Existing licensees can choose to migrate to
equivalent authorisations under the yet to be issued Migration
Rules,
