Enterprises can lease spectrum from DoT or Telecom Service Providers
Enterprises having net-worth more than Rs.100 crores and willing to set up Captive Non-Public Network (CNPN) by obtaining spectrum directly from Department of Telecommunications (DoT) are invited to provide secure, ultra-reliable, low latency and high throughput communication using advanced technologies.
The details can be submitted on the portal from 10 August to 9 Sept 2022, the Ministry of Communications said on 10 Aug 2022.
The Government had issued the ‘Guidelines for Captive Non-Public Network (CNPN) license’ on 27 June 2022 for establishing the legal framework for CNPNs.
The guidelines provide that the enterprises seeking to establish CNPN may obtain spectrum on lease from Telecom Service Providers or directly from DoT. These guidelines will also undertake demand studies for direct assignments of spectrum to Enterprises setting up CNPNs.
DoT has now launched a module on Saralsanchar portal for carrying out the demand studies. fiinews.com