class="MsoNormal">The Department of Telecommunication (DoT) on March 11, 2024, issued a notification for the Removal of the requirement to obtain a Wireless Operating License (woL).
Please refer license amendment wherein the requirement to obtain a Wireless Operating license (WOL) for Access Services authorisation in CMTS/ UAS/ Unified License was removed.
It has now been decided to remove the requirement to obtain Wireless Operating License (WOL) for Captive Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) Closed User Group (CUG) and CMRTS licenses, Unified License (UL) and Unified License (Virtual Network Operator) with authorizations of National Long Distance(NLD), International Long Distance (ILD), Public Mobile Radio Trunking Service (PMRTS), Global Mobile Personal Communication by Satellite(GMPCS), Internet Service and Machine to Machine (M2M) service with immediate effect.
However, for entities who intend to establish or operate a transmitting station and have not been granted any license under section 4 of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885, WOL will continue to be required as per the existing procedure.
[Notification No. 20-405/2013-AS-1 VoL.-V(Pt-1)]
