DoT OSP Registration

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What is DoT OSP License?

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The telecommunications and other similar industries have a major impact on the everyday lives of the, the impact is now far deeper than just the introduction of the telephone and starting of the modern world. The telecommunication industry has had impacted the current engine of growth and is now driving the engine of growth for the modern world. It has been constantly on the driving front so much so that the it has become a major tool for the socio-economic development and a holistic development of the nation. In a nutshell, the telecom industry has been recognized synonymous with the terms modern and development. It has been running and is constantly bringing changes in the modern world.

Currently, as of now the Ministry of communications and information technology issues the license. It has following departments: 1. Telecom Commission, it deals with the policy making 2. DoT, it deals with the licensing 3. TRAI, it formulates the regulations 4. WPC, it deals with the spectrum allocation and management 5. TEC, it is a technical body for equipment approvals

Now, in the Indian constitution as per the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 and the Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1933 the Central Government has the only and exclusive right to establish, maintain the working telegraph and wireless telegraphy equipment and has the authority to grant the licenses for such activities.

The functions of Dot are following: 1. licensing and regulation 2. To have international co-operation in matters connected with telecommunications 3. To promote private investment in the Indian Telecommunication sector. 4. To promote standardization, research and the development of the telecommunications The Indian Telegraph Act gives the power to the Indian National Government to take control and of all the wireless lines that have bene there and also empower them to have the control over the lines that are to be developed in future.

The Act further empowers them to have the control over the infrastructure and all the telecom licenses that are to be issued in all the places located within the boundary of the India. It also gives them right regarding any dispute in this matter too.

DoT (Department of Telecommunication) OSP registration is required by those vendors who are engaged in teleservices business such as tele-trading, tele e-commerce, tele-education, telebanking or ITES. DoT license for call centre, BPO allows them to operate these activities by accessing the infrastructure of non-telecom service providers. DoT license was introduced by Department of Telecommunication under New Telecom Policy (NTP) 1999 to regulate the registration of call centres (international/ national) but later it was made mandatory for more BPO services such as network operation centres, vehicle tracking systems.

The complete DoT OSP registration procedure is regulated by the Telecom enforcement, resource and monitoring (TERM) cells as per the location of the OSP business location.

OSP license Validity

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OSP license is issued for a period of 20 years if Pvt. Ltd. Company compiled with the required rules and regulations. They have to file annual return mentioning the details of activities carried out and the present state of the business.