The Ministry of Communications on November 28, 2024, issued draft Telecommunications (Regulatory Sandbox) Rules, 2024
The following has been stated: -
•Rule 2 lays down various definitions of terms like Governance Committee and validity period.
•Rule 3 specifies that the Central Government, to encourage and facilitate innovation and technological development in telecommunication, may specify on the portal, the creation of one or more regulatory sandboxes and the terms and conditions applicable thereto, to enable a live testing environment where new products, services, processes and business models may be deployed on a limited set of test users for a specified time.
•Rule 4 specifies the Creation of a regulatory sandbox.
•Rule 5 specifies the Terms and conditions of a regulatory sandbox.
•Objections or suggestions can be given for thirty days from November 28, 2024.
The detailed notification is given in the document below.
[Notification No. G.S.R. 736(E)]