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Decentralisation
of registration under Other Service Providers (OSP) category and
‘Telemarketing’ category from CS Cell of DoT (HQ) to the field units
of VTM Cell
Press Note
Office Memorandum
Press Note
dated 2nd June 2008
Office Memorandum
dated 2nd June 2008
Registration under
Other Service Providers (OSP) category
As per New Telecom Policy (NTP)
1999, Other Service Providers (OSP), such as tele-banking, tele-medicine,
tele-trading, e-commerce etc will be allowed to operate by using
infrastructure provided by various access providers for non-telecom
services. The Telecom Commission in May 1999, accorded in principle
approval for registration of Call Centers, both International and
Domestic, in the country under the above category. Later, services
like Network Operation Centers and Vehicle Tracking Systems, were
also added to this category. As per the Terms and Conditions
formulated by the Telecom Commission in February 2000, these
application Service Providers could take telecom resources from
authorized Telecom Service Providers only and may not infringe upon
the jurisdiction of other authorized Telecom Service Providers and
they will not provide switched telephony. The Department of
Telecommunication (DOT) will charge a processing fee of Rs.1000/-
per case. From its inception, over 1800 cases have been registered
under OSP category till date. These companies should meet the
revised terms and conditions of OSP
registration dated 31.05.2007 as given at
Annexure -I .
Instructions regarding Telecom Resources issued to all OSPs are
given at
Annexure -II
Thirteen Vigilance Telecom Monitoring (VTM)
Cells are functioning in different parts of the country. The
responsibilities of these cells include Vigilance and Technical
Monitoring of all telecom Service Providers. Copy of letter
No.11-4/2006 –OSP dated 8.11.2006 giving details of the VTM Cells is
given at
Annexure III.
The Access Service Providers must ensure
that the customers have valid registration papers from the OSP Cell
of DoT before providing them with the telecom resources. Action
will be taken against Access Service providers who do not adhere to
the above requirement.
Applicants are advised to submit the
application for registration /amendment in the prescribed proforma
only at the contact address given below:
Application Formats for OSP
Category
Bank Guarantees &
Agreement Formats
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