The Ministry of Law and Justice (MoL&J) on December 24, 2023, issued the Telecommunications Act, 2023.
The following provisions have been stated:
• Establishment of monitoring and enforcement mechanism:
(1) The Central Government may establish by notification, such monitoring and enforcement mechanism as it may deem fit to ensure adherence to terms and conditions of spectrum utilisation and enable interference-free use of the assigned spectrum.
(2) The Central Government may permit the sharing, trading, leasing and surrender of assigned spectrum, subject to the terms and conditions, including applicable fees or charges, as may be prescribed.
• Non-discriminatory and non-exclusive grant of right of way:
Any person providing right of way under section 11 or section 12, shall ensure the grant of right of way to the facility providers in a non-discriminatory manner and, as far as practicable, on a non-exclusive basis.
This notification will come into force from December 24, 2023.
For further details, kindly refer to the document attached.
[Notification No 44 of 2023]
