The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has come out with its recommendations on “Amendment in the internet service provider (ISP) Licence Agreement for incorporating the terms and conditions mentioned in Notice Inviting Applications (NIA) for use of broadband wireless access (BWA) spectrum”.

Earlier, TRAI had received a reference from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) seeking its recommendations for amendment in the ISP licence agreement. Responding to DoT, TRAI issued a consultation paper on March 15, 2012. The regulatory authority has collated the comments of the stakeholders.

The reference from DoT had only sought TRAI’s recommendations for amendment in ISP licence, but in order to ensure uniform and equitable application of terms and conditions of NIA related to BWA spectrum to all the licensees (unified access service licences (UASL), Cellular Mobile Telephone Service (CMTS), ISP) who have obtained BWA spectrum in auction, the TRAI in its recommendations has also examined the amendments notified by the DOT in UAS/CMTS licence for the use of BWA spectrum.

Therefore, in addition to the recommendations for including relevant terms and conditions of NIA in ISP licence for use of BWA spectrum, amendments in UAS and CMTS licences have also been recommended by TRAI to ensure uniform and equitable application of terms and conditions of NIA.