The Union government on Fri released licence guidelines for Virtual Network Operators (VNO)."After considering the advice of Trai on VNO, the federal government has decided to grant Unified Licence VNO (UL VNO), " the telecom department said in its guidelines.
It said VNOs were treated as extension of Network Support Operator or telecom companies and "they probably would not be allowed to install equipment interconnecting with the network of other NSOs. inches
"VNOs shall also be allowed to create their own service deliver programs in respect of customer service, billing and value added service, " the guideline said.
Regarding entrance fee, the guideline said: "A one-time non-refundable entrance payment for authorisation of each service and service area should be payable before signing of licence arrangement and thereafter for every single additional authorisation. The total amount of entry cost shall be susceptible to a maximum of Rs. 7. 5 crore. "