Apply for an ISP/VNO License
Our legal experts and ISP business consultants can help you with DoT’s Unified license application process for service area categories ‘A’, ‘B’ or ‘C’.
8 Steps: How to start an ISP business in India?
Become an Internet Service Provider (ISP) - In this article we provide information on how to start an ISP business in India: Quick Summary Understand Competition and Market size of your Area Understand your Area of coverage Understand Infrastructure (One-time) cost....
Connect the Dots: Work with us @ Muft Internet
Connect the dots: Work with Us @ Muft I strongly believe that affordable Internet access can change societies. Countries that had Internet first, are richer than countries that adopted Internet at a late stage. Education in remote places with Internet opens up...
2021: The current state of digital divide and rural broadband access in India
In this series, I talk about the current state of digital divide and rural broadband access in India as on 2021. It’s 2021. We have been vocal about this issue for almost a decade now. Thousands of Indian villages suffer because of lack of broadband and Internet...
Time to become an ISP! Even after Jio, 60% of India still offline.
It's possibly the best time to become an ISP in India within the non-metro regions! India now has 600 million Internet users. With 1.3 billion as it's population, 60% of India is still offline! India still has a tremendous scope for growth in the rural telecom...
VNO license categories – A, B, and C Class.
In this article we provide information on types of VNO License categories in India for running ISP business. The Government of India has come up with one license for all telecom related services, known as a Unified License. Under unified license, the license holder...
What’s the difference between VNO license and ISP license?
We understand that there is quite some confusion among ISPs regarding which license should they opt for. An ISP can carry out their ISP business using either of the 2 licenses, but to ensure which license exactly suits you, refer to the table below to understand the...
How to Apply for a VNO license?
A VNO (Virtual Network Operator) License is a smaller subset of the ISP license. ISPs who wish to do ISP business only in a particular district or state can opt for a VNO license instead of an ISP license due to the cost effectiveness of VNO compared to an ISP...
Category ‘C’: Areas of Service falling under DoT’s Unified License
Unified License - Category 'C' Service Areas- DoT Telecom Circle / Metro LIST OF SECONDARY SWITCHING AREA (SSA) For Class C License S. No. Telecom Circle/ Metro Area Secondary Switching Area 1 ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ANDAMAN & NICOBAR 2 ANDHRA PRADESH ADILABAD 3...
Category ‘B’: Areas of Service falling under DoT’s Unified License
Unified License - Category 'B' Service Areas- DoT Telecom Circle / Metro Sl. No. Name of Telecom Circle/ Metro Areas covered Category 01. West Bengal Entire area falling within the Union Territory of Andaman & Nicobar Islands and area falling within the State of...
Download DoT’s Unified License Agreement
The Government of India has come up with one license for all telecom related services, known as a Unified License. Under unified license, the license holder can apply for ISP license for different areas. One must acquire a Unified License under which he will obtain...