The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) had sought TRAI’s inputs on a particular concern: whether or not Indian corporations and not using a main stake in undersea cables, often constructed by high-powered world consortiums, must be allowed to use for clearances appearing alone. (For Representational function solely)
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The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on June 20 issued suggestions on guidelines for undersea cables connecting Indian telecom networks to the worldwide Internet.
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) had sought TRAI’s inputs on a particular concern: whether or not Indian corporations and not using a main stake in undersea cables, often constructed by high-powered world consortiums, must be allowed to use for clearances appearing alone.
To this, TRAI advisable that each one Indian telcos working undersea cables be required to submit proof that they personal at the least the a part of undersea cables that’s in Indian waters. The telecom regulator expanded the scope of its response to the telecom division although, saying that it got here up with extra suggestions on associated matters ‘suo motu’.
For occasion, TRAI instructed {that a} distinction be drawn between a cable touchdown station, and so-called ‘points of presence’ to which the station is additional linked. Owners of the latter sort of facility wouldn’t have to use for a number of clearances, however would wish to adjust to lawful interception necessities.
The regulator additionally submitted that ‘dark fibre’ must be permitted on present cable touchdown stations, and that ‘stubs’ — brief cables in Indian waters for potential future growth and use — be permitted. Noting that restore vessels for undersea cables are often overseas ships, TRAI additionally instructed {that a} authorities committee look into “different financial viability models” for Indian flagged ships to be commissioned for this work.
TRAI additional instructed that carrying home visitors on undersea cables — equivalent to from Mumbai to Chennai — must be explicitly permitted when it comes to the licence. Cable methods ought to have the ability to proceed additional inland via terrestrial networks, the regulator mentioned, such that worldwide visitors, that isn’t terminating in India, can undergo Indian land, as a substitute of skirting the subcontinent.
Finally, the regulator instructed that undersea cables be notified as important info infrastructure, and thus profit from safety by the National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC).
