The country is divided into 23 Service Areas  consisting of 19 Telecom Circle Service and 4 Metro Service Areas for providing Unified Access Services (UAS).

                Unified Access Services operators are free to provide, within their area of operation, services which cover collection, carriage, transmission  and delivery of voice and/or non-voice messages over Licensee’s network by deploying circuit and/or packet switched equipment.

              Further, the Licensee an also provide Voice Mail, Audiotex services, Video Conferencing, Videotex, E-Mail , Closed User Group (CUG) as Value Added Services over its network to the subscribers falling within its service area on non-discriminatory basis.  The Licensee cannot provide any service except as mentioned above, which require a separate licence.  However, an intimation before providing any  other  value added service has to be sent to the Licensor and TRAI.

               An Unified Access Services licensee can provide wireline as well as wireless services in a service area.  Wireless services include Full Mobile, Limited Mobile and Fixed Wireless services.  The licensee can also provide various Value Added Services .  A restriction for authentication of subscriber terminal has been placed.  In case of Limited Mobility facility based on Short Distance Charging Area Linked Numbering Scheme.  However, same facility without  any restriction can be availed by adopting numbering plan for Cellular Mobile Services and using Home Zone Tariff Schemes.

             Basic and Cellular Services Licensees are permitted to migrate to Unified Access Services Licence regime. The service providers migrating to Unified Access Services Licence will continue to provide wireless services in already allocated/contracted spectrum and no additional spectrum will be allotted under the migration process for Unified Access Services Licence. Guidelines for such migration were announced on 11.11.2003 and are available on this website.

              The Licence Fee shall be 10%, 8% & 6% of Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) for Metro and Category `A’, Category `B’ and Category `C’ Service Areas respectively w.e.f. Ist April, 2004.  The spectrum charges are levied separately. )  For wireless operations in SUBSCRIBER access network, the frequencies shall  be assigned by WPC wing of the Department of Telecom from the frequency bands earmarked in the applicable National Frequency Allocation Plan and in coordination with various users.  Initially a cumulative maximum of upto 4.4 MHz + 4.4 MHz shall be allocated in the case of TDMA based systems @ 200 KHz per carrier or 30 KHz per carrier or a maximum of 2.5 MHz + 2.5 MHz shall be allocated in the case of CDMA based systems @ 1.25 MHz per carrier, on case by case basis subject to availability.  While efforts would be made to make available larger chunks to the extent feasible, the frequencies assigned may not be contiguous and may not be the same in all cases or within the whole Service Area.  For making available appropriate frequency spectrum for roll out of services under the licence, the type(s) of Systems to be deployed are to be indicated.

                Additional spectrum beyond the above stipulation may also be considered for allocation after ensuring optimal and efficient utilization of the already allocated spectrum taking into account all types of traffic and guidelines / criteria prescribed from time to time.  However, spectrum not more than 5 + 5 MHz in respect of CDMA system or 6.2 + 6.2 MHz in respect of TDMA based system shall be allocated to any new Unified Access Services Licensee.  The spectrum shall be allocated in 824-844 MHz paired with 869 - 889 MHz, 890 - 915 MHz paired with 935 - 960 MHz, 1710 – 1785 MHz paired with 1805 – 1880 MHz.

The status of total licensees as on 31st March 2008 is as follows  

 Dialing procedures have been simplified in respect of Mumbai Metro and Maharashtra, Chennai Metro and Tamilnadu, Kolkata Metro and West Bengal and UP West & UP East Circle. Also amendment has been issued in respect of merger of Tamilnadu Telecom Circle and Chennai Metro

  For more details, kindly click  below 

1. Guidelines and Application Form dated 14.12.2005 Details

2. UASL LIC. AMENDMENT 14.12.2005 Details

3. Details of service areas Details

4. Click for Amendments 

5. Clarification dated 23rd March 2005 regarding Fixed Wireless Terminal in UAS/Basic Service  Licence Details

6. Guidelines dated 11th November 2003 Details   

7. License Agreement for provision of Unified Access Service  in Circle/Metro Details

8. License Agreement for provision of Unified Access Service after migration in Circle Details

9. License Agreement for provision of Unified Access Service after migration in Metro Details

10. License Agreement  for provision of Unified Access Service after migration
    from CMTS Details

11. Guidelines for merger of licences in a service area Details

12. Merger of Thurbe (Navi Mumbai) SDCA into Mumbai SDCA Details

13. Transfer of Thittachery exchange area from Thiruvarur SDCA to Nagapattinam SDCA in Thanjavur LDCA in Tamil Nadu Service Area.  Details

14. Clarification regarding Panchkula Town. Details

15. Direction dated 22nd october 2005 to all CMTS and UAS Licencee  for setting up of Consumer Grievance Redressal Mechanism Details

16. Clarification dated 16 June 2005 on Inter service area connectivity  within states of Maharashtra, Tamilnadu, U.P.  and West-Bengal  Details

17. Inter service area connectivity  within states of Maharashtra, Tamilnadu, U.P.  and West-Bengal  Details

18. Addendum to the National Numbering Plan- 2003 (NNP-2003) – Allocation of short codes TO the Content Providers including SMS based services Details

19. Verification of identity of subscribers. Details

20. 22  New UASL Licences issued in the month of December 2006 Details

21. UAS licences issued in the month of February & March, 2008 Details