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SACFA. Standing Advisory Committee for Frequency Allocation (India)

Under this category siting clearance applications are received when the same or another applicant desires to put additional antenna on the tower below the earlier approved Antennae Siting Clearance. Application received under additional antenna category is accorded WPC acceptance no. after submission of application. Acceptance number itself is treated as Siting Clearance and no Siting Clearance letters etc. are required to be issued to the applicant.

As per the new simplified procedure of Standing Advisory Committee on radio Frequency Allocation ( SACFA) , all antenna towers/masts located beyond 07 kms from the nearest airport and having up to 40 meters height, above the Above Mean Sea Level (AMSL) of the Airport Reference Point are cleared in automated processing system.

Above ground level height of the building.

The applicant must be an Indian Company, registered under the Companies Act, 2013. UL and UL(VNO) can be applied by any  Indian companies except for Access Service Cat B authorisation under UL(VNO) which can be applied for by Indian companies, partnership firm, proprietorship firm, Shops and establishment and legal person.

The Applicant companies desirous of getting the Access Service Authorization under Unified License/UL-VNO may submit the application on portal i.e. https://saralsanchar.gov.in. The Applicant companies are required to do a one-time registration on the portal.

The updated version of UL/UL(VNO) license agreement is available on DoT Website. It can also be found at below mentioned links:

UL - https://dot.gov.in/circulars/license-agreement-unified-license-vno

VNO - https://dot.gov.in/circulars/license-agreement-unified-license

 

Consumer products such as TV, Refrigerator etc. primary function of which is not telecom but having telecom interfaces such as Bluetooth, WiFi etc. are not covered under MTCTE for the time being.

The MTCTE portal account can be created by: 1. Indian Original Equipment Manufacturers: Indian companies or firm manufacturing Telecommunication products in India. The documents required for registration are: a. Registration certificate: The acceptable document is either the Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Registrar of companies in case of a company or Partnership Deed in case of a firm or Establishment License wherein the address, business description, and activity is specified in case of a single owner proprietorship. b. Authorization Letter: A letter of authorization given by the OEM company/firm to authorize a person to carry out MTCTE related work on its behalf. 2. Indian Authorized Indian Representative: Companies or firms in India importing telecommunication Equipments of a foreign OEM. The documents required for registration are: a. Registration certificate: Same as OEM b. Authorization Letter: A letter of authorization given by the AIR company/firm to authorize a person to carry out MTCTE related work on its behalf. c. Affidavit in prescribed format or MOU between AIR & foreign OEM shall contain the prescribed clauses. d. AIR Authorization Letter: The authorization letter issued by Foreign OEM to AIR clearly authorizing the AIR to carry MTCTE related work in India on its behalf with validity, if any shall explicitly be mentioned.

The formats for authorizations letters (AIR Authorization letter and authorization letter) are attached with MTCTE Applicant User instructions document uploaded at https://mtcte.tec.gov.in/downloads. The specimen of affidavit and MoU clauses are also available at http://www.tec.gov.in/documents-required-for-creation-of-profile-in-mtcte-portal/.

Name of the executive authorized by the company (mentioned in Authorization letter) shall be entered against applicant's Name field at Edit profile page of MTCTE portal. While his/her designation in company shall be mentioned in Designation field.

The company name when creating a fresh application will come blank if the profile that the AIR/OEM has updated has not been approved by the MTCTE admin validator yet. Please Wait till the approval. The AIR are suggested to wait for approval after submitting the AIR self-company details. Then only, they should submit the foreign OEM details. If the company name is coming blank, please check for the edit profile, either the profile would have been rejected or it may have not been approved yet.

It may be the case that your OEM/AIR account would have been rejected on account of improper documents submitted during approval. Please create a new login with same credentials.

The affidavit should be duly notarized. The clauses that should be present in MoU and affidavit specimen copy are attached with MTCTE Applicant user instructions under downloads at https://www.mtcte.gov.in.

Special characters allowed in address field are @-/,.()*?! . The current length of address field is 100 characters. If the address of OEMs/AIRs is more than 100 characters, kindly use abbreviations in the address like Av. For Avenue, Rd. for Road etc.

In case of AIR registration where same AIR has been authorized by different Foreign OEMs for taking MTCTE certificate for their products, different MoU between the respective AIR/ authorization letters and foreign OEMs should be provided. Separate MTCTE accounts for foreign OEM needs to be registered by AIR.

Multiple simultaneous login on same account is not allowed.

In India, legally we can have 3 kinds of business establishments and registration documents required for case are: 

1. Proprietorship (Single owner) : Establishment License wherein the address, business description , and activity is specified 

2. Partnership ( Multiple owners) : Partnership deed duly notarized can be provided 

3. Limited Company (private or public - Incorporated by the ROC as an independent entity):Certificate of Incorporation issued by ROC can be provided.