DoT eases norms around shifting of wireless equipment

economictimes.indiatimes.com:

ease of doing business, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has allowed telecom firms to shift or re-deploy their wireless equipment from one service area to another, just by giving an intimation to its wireless planning and coordination (WPC) wing and a formal approval would not be required. The DoT Wednesday said in a notification that telecom operators can inform the WPC wing online through the Saral sanchar portal.

The department added that till the time an online facility is made available, telecom operators can submit the details of shifting through email. The telcos, however, have to give an undertaking that such details will be updated subsequently, as and when online facility is made available by the DoT, the notification said.

“Necessary stock/ records arising out of such transfer shall be required to be maintained/reflected wherever applicable,” the DoT said. The DoT has been taking various measures to promote ease of doing business.

The government has taken various initiatives with regards to ease the burden of regulatory compliances and digitising various records. Saral sanchar has been the portal for getting various approvals related to the telecom sector.