DoT requires telecom infrastructure providers to provide information on asset sharing with companies notified in the public interest/ national security category

15 Nov 2022 , 10:21 AM

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has changed telecom infrastructure businesses’ registration requirements to allow access to their assets to entities that the central government will notify in the public interest and for national security.

In the past, telecom infrastructure providers were permitted to share their assets with third parties on mutually agreeable terms, such as their dark fibers, duct space, and mobile towers.

The November 10 amendment to the rules stated that “IP-1 registration holders shall also share the above-mentioned infrastructure with entities as specified by the central government in the interest of national security and the public interest, subject to the terms and conditions specified by the central government.”