{"id":8346,"date":"2016-12-11T08:53:43","date_gmt":"2016-12-11T03:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/muftinternet.com\/isp-consultant-india\/?p=7557"},"modified":"2023-06-24T16:24:29","modified_gmt":"2023-06-24T10:54:29","slug":"isp-license-categories-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/muftinternet.com\/?p=8346","title":{"rendered":"ISP License Categories in India &#8211; Class A, B and C"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><em>In this article we provide information on types of <a href=\"http:\/\/muftinternet.com\/isp-consultant-india\/2016\/12\/11\/get-isp-license-india\/\">ISP License<\/a> categories in India<\/em><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">The Government of India has come up with one license for all telecom related services, known as a <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/muftinternet.com\/isp-consultant-india\/information-on-unified-isp-license-in-india-important-terms\/\"><b>Unified License<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <span style=\"color: #000000\">Under unified license, the license holder can apply for authorization of different services &amp; service areas. To become an ISP, one must acquire a Unified License under which he will obtain Authorization for providing ISP services. Hence, it must be understood that there is no <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>\u201cISP License\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as such. Instead, one must obtain <\/span><b>ISP Authorization<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> under the Unified License.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">One company can hold only one Unified License, but can apply for authorization of multiple services and\/or service areas. However, the tenure of such authorizations will run concurrently with the tenure of the Unified License, which means that all authorizations will be valid only till the validity of the unified license.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">In India, there are 3 categories of ISP license authorizations under the Unified License to become an internet service provider, depending upon scale or the City\/State\/Town\/District\/Village you want to start your ISP business in and set up your <strong>internet franchise in India<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #000000\">The 3 categories are differentiated by the scale of the territory\/coverage area of the ISP license i.e. whether the License is for (i) national area, (ii) major states \/ metro cities or (iii) other smaller &nbsp;cities, towns, villages and districts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7741\" src=\"http:\/\/muftinternet.com\/isp-consultant-india\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/categories-of-isp-license-apply-get-isp-lisense-isp-consultant-consultancy-get-an-ISP-License-In-India-dot-trai-buy-agent-catergory-c-ssa-lisense-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"categories-of-isp-license-apply-get-isp-lisense-isp-consultant-consultancy-get-an-isp-license-in-india-dot-trai-buy-agent-catergory-c-ssa-lisense\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\"><\/p>\n<h3><b>The 3 ISP License Categories in India are:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Class A (National Area)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; This license is for Pan India operations.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">To see a list of all Nation Area license holders in India,<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/dot.gov.in\/data-services\/2574\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> click here.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Class B (Telecom Circle\/Metro Area) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&nbsp;&#8211; Class B license is issued for a total of 20 major states &nbsp;or any of the following Metro Cities &#8211; Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">The govt keeps issuing notifications regarding territories declared as telecom circles and metro areas from time to time.<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Class C (Secondary Switching Area)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; This license is for only a particular secondary switching area. A secondary switching area is a government defined territory which could comprise of several small villages, towns or even districts. A class C license holder will have access to any 1 particular SSA only, unless he applies for multiple authorizations under one unified License.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">To know more about the secondary switching areas in India,<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/muftinternet.com\/isp-consultant-india\/secondary-switching-areas-isp-license\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> click here.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Naturally, a Class A ISP license would be quite expensive, followed by Class B &amp; C respectively.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/muftinternet.com\/isp-consultant-india\/isp-license-eligibility\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Click here to know the costs. <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Click here to know <a href=\"http:\/\/muftinternet.com\/isp-consultant-india\/get-isp-license-india\/\">how to apply for any one of the ISP License<\/a> Categories<\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<hr>\n<h3>Need an ISP consultant to help you with your ISP License Application? Click here<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/muftinternet.com\/isp-license\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7997\" src=\"http:\/\/muftinternet.com\/isp-consultant-india\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/12\/apply-isp-license-dot-unified-license-1024x500.png\" alt=\"apply-isp-license-dot-unified-license\" width=\"800\" height=\"391\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>ALSO, YOU CAN READ OUR NEW UPDATES<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/muftinternet.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/28\/how-to-become-a-wisp-in-india\/\">How to become a WISP in India? 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Even after Jio, 60% of India still offline.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are different ISP license categories in India. Check out this blog to learn about how to set up internet franchise in India. 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