MTCTE Portal is the online platform for mandatory testing and certification of telecom equipment in India. It involves designation of domestic and recognition of foreign conformity assessment bodies.

is a type of telecommunication network which carries bearer telecommunication traffic between two telecom circle or metro service areas or provides domestic bandwidth or leased circuit within the boundaries of the national service area;

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

National Company Law Tribunal (“NCLT”) and National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (“NCLAT”) were established as a part of reforms in India’s Company Law and as a part of reforming Companies Law

National Cyber Security Coordinator (NCSC)

Non Dealer Possession License for Storage, inventory of wireless equipment's. WPC provides such licenses

or “NSO” means an authorised entity or licensee providing telecommunication service by establishing, operating, maintaining, or expanding telecommunication network for the relevant telecommunication service;

shall have the meaning given to the term in sub-section (57) of section 2 of the Companies Act, 2013;

National Long Distance (NLD) Service - National Long Distance (NLD) service refers to the carriage of switched-bearer telecommunications services over a long distance network i.e., a network connecting different short distance charging areas (SDCAs)

means telecommunication networks or its segments that use either Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS), including High Altitude Platforms (HAPs), or satellites in different constellations, to carry a transmission equipment relay node or a base station;

in relation to a VNO means the NSO with which such VNO seeks to enter into, or has entered into, an agreement for providing its telecommunication services;

means a process by which two or more internet networks connect and exchange traffic, either directly or through IXP, and without having to involve a third internet network;

or “POI” has the same meaning as defined in the interconnection regulations under the TRAI Act;

or “POP” means a system of telecommunication networks of appropriate capacity established by the authorised entity to provide authorised telecommunication services;

means the portal notified by the Central Government under sub-rule (3) of rule 2 of these rules;

means a person who falls within any of the following categories:
(i) a person debarred from accessing the capital market by SEBI;
(ii) a person as may be determined by the Central Government when it considers it necessary or
expedient so to do in the interest of national security;
(iii) a person whose authorisation or license, as the case may be, was cancelled on account of default in
compliance with the terms and conditions of its authorisation or license;
(iv) a person who was in control of the person specified under clause (iii) at the time of default or of the
cancellation; and
(v) a person or class of persons as may be identified by the Central Government, from time to time that
are prohibited from holding any equity shares in, or controlling, directly or indirectly, an
authorised entity or licensee, as the case may be;