• The applicant company is required to pay Rs. 06,000/- as processing fee along with the application.
• Any Indian company with a maximum foreign equity of 74% is eligible (100% is also allowed, but in that case the ISP can not set up an International Gateway)
• Based on Service Area of Operation, they are categorized as Category 'A', 'B' and 'C'.

• Category	Service Area
  Category "A"	Whole of India
  Category "B"	20 territorial Telecom Circles, four Metro Districts- Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta or Chennai and four major Telephone Districts- Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Hyderabad or Pune.
  Category "C"	Any Secondary Switching Areas (SSA) of DOT with geographical boundaries as on 1.4.98

   

• An applicant company may be granted any number of licenses and there will be no limit of number of licenses granted in a particular area.
• Performance Bank Guarantee - Rs. 2 Crore for Category 'A' Service Area, Rs. 20 lakh  for each Category 'B' Service Area and Rs. 3 Lakh for each Category 'C' Service Area.
• License fee is waived unto 31.10.2003 and will be Re. 1/- per annum thereafter for those ISPs who obtain licenses prior to 01.11.2003.
• Private ISPs are permitted to setup their own gateways. ISPs are allowed to set up international gateways using satellite and submarine cable landing stations.
• Under Simplified  Exit policy , an ISP can surrender the Licence without starting the service, by paying surrender charges.  The surrender charges would be equivalent to 5% of the Performance Bank Guarantee (PBG) amount.

For more details, kindly click  below

• License for Internet Services based on guidelines dated 24-08-2007Details
• Internet service Guidelines and application form Dated 24-08-2007Details
• License Agreement Details , Amendments
• Application form for ISP license Details 
• Proforma for Performance Bank Guarantee Details
• Application for Setting up of International Gateways for Internet Details
• Guidelines and General Information for Setting up of International Gateways for Internet Details
• Guidelines and General Information for Setting up of Submarine Cable Landing Stations for International Gateways for Internet Details 
• Simplified Exit Policy for ISP Details
• ISP Licencing conditions  amended to permit VPN Services Details
• Directions to ISPs dated 17th January 2005 regarding VPN SERVICES  Details
• Directions to ISPs dated 15th February 2005 regarding VPN SERVICES  Details
• Directions to ISPs dated 17 November 2006 regarding setting up Consumer Redressal Mechanism Details
• Directions to ISPs  dated 07 February 2007 regarding provision of Internet services / connectivity to Call Centers / Other service providers (OSPs)  Details
• List of ISP licensees Details