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Short Title Definition
A B C D E F G H I L
Force Majeure Event

means any cause or event, other than the unavailability of funds, which causes non-performance or delay in performance by the authorised entity claiming to be affected by such event, which are:
(i) beyond the reasonable control of, and could not have been anticipated or foreseeable by such entity,
and not brought about at the instance of such entity, or
(ii) which, if anticipated or foreseeable, could not have been avoided by such entity.
Illustrative list of “force majeure events” includes natural phenomena or calamities or any act of God ,
earthquakes, typhoons, floods, fires, explosions, wars declared or undeclared, hostilities, invasions,
blockades, acts of public enemy, sabotage, riots, strikes, insurrection, civil disturbances, Act of State or
direction from Statutory Authority, quarantine restriction, strikes and lockouts (as are not limited to the
establishments and facilities of the authorised entity).

Foreign Direct Investment

or “FDI” means foreign direct investment as defined under paragraph (r) of rule 2 of the Foreign Exchange Management (Non-debt Instrument) Rules, 2019;

Form

means a form specified by the Central Government from time to time;

Global Mobile Personal Communications By Satellite (Gmpcs) System

means any satellite system which is fixed or mobile, broad-band or narrow-band, global or regional, geo-stationary or non-geo-stationery, existing or planned providing telecommunication services directly to end users from a single or constellation of satellites, and the phrase ‘GMPCS network’ and ‘GMPCS service’ shall be construed accordingly;

Home Network

means the telecommunication network established by an authorised entity in its service area of authorisation;

In-Space

means the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Center, which is the autonomous agency within the Department of Space that regulates space sector activities of non-government entities;

Inter-Circle Traffic

means the telecommunication traffic originating in one Telecom Circle or Metro service area and terminating in another Telecom Circle or Metro service area;

Interconnection

means the commercial and technical arrangements under which authorised entities or licensees, as the case may be, connect their telecommunication equipment, telecommunication network and telecommunication services to enable their users to have access to users, telecommunication services and telecommunication networks of other authorised entities or licensees;

International Long Distance (Ild) Network

means a type of telecommunications network for interconnecting with telecommunication networks of foreign carriers;

International Long Distance (Ild) Service

means a type of telecommunication service provisioned over the ILD network;