Your VNO license agreement is valid for 10 years.

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 authorization of different services & service areas. To become an ISP, one must acquire a Unified License under which he will obtain Authorization for providing VNO/ISP services. Hence, it must be understood that one has to apply for an ISP Authorization for a service area under the Unified License. One company can hold only one Unified License, but can apply for service area authorization of multiple services and/or service areas. In India, there are 3 categories of Unified (ISP) license service area authorization: Category ‘A’ – National Area Category ‘B’ – Telecom Circle/Metro Area (Click here to view list of Category ‘B’ Service Areas) Category ‘C’ – Secondary Switching Area (Click here to view list of Category ‘C’ Service Areas)

The complete process from filing your application to getting the Unified (ISP) license takes about 3-5 months. Once you file your application, the DoT will issue you a ‘Letter of intent’ within 2 months. After this, it takes about 1-3 months to furnish all bank guarantees and additional information required by the DoT.

Once you’re a licensed ISP, the DoT asks you to submit a quarterly report of your customer base, billing details & upload & download details. You are also required to pay 8% of your Gross Revenue to DoT. [This compliance can be filed via our ISP consultant on an annual agreement basis with them. Read more*]