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or “CLS” means the station where fibers of the international or domestic submarine cable gets terminated and it houses the Submarine Line Terminating Equipment (SLTE) and Power Feeding Equipment (PFE);

or “CLS-PoP” means a type of CLS, where some fiber pairs of the submarine cable extended from the CLS are terminated and it houses SLTE;

means a connection established by means of telecommunication that enables voice communication;

Call charges are variable and are used to pay for the cost of the equipment to route a call from the caller's exchange to the recipient's exchange.

or “CLI” means the identity of the calling or originating user in terms of the telecommunication identifier assigned or any other identification as may be specified by the Central Government from time to time;

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or “CNPN” means a terrestrial wireless telecommunication network established for captive use within a specified geographical area, which cannot be used for providing commercial or public telecommunication services to users.

means captive telecommunication services as identified and authorised under the Telecommunications (Authorisation For Provision of Captive Telecommunication Services) Rules, 2025;

Provision of wired or wireless facilities to originate, terminate or transit calls, charging for interconnection, settlement or termination of domestic or international calls, charging for jointly used facilities including pole attachments, charging for the exclusive use of circuits, a leased circuit or a dedicated link including a speech circuit, data circuit or a telegraph circuit

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Controller of Telecom Accounts field unit of finance unit of DoT.

Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) is a technology for providing wireless services.

Centre for Development of Telematics

means the Chief Telecommunication Security Officer appointed under rule 6 of the Telecommunications (Telecom Cyber Security) Rules, 2024;

or “CTN” shall have the same meaning as provided in the Telecommunications (Authorisation for Telecommunication Network) Rules, 2025.

shall have the same meaning as provided in the Telecommunications (Authorisation for Telecommunication Network) Rules, 2025.

Captive Mobile Radio Trunking Service CMRTS

Cellular Mobile Telephone Service - It is a type of short-wave analog or digital telecommunication service in which a subscriber has a wireless connection from a mobile phone to a relatively nearby transmitter. The transmitter's span of coverage is called a cell. As the cellular telephone user moves from one cell or area of coverage to another, the telephone is effectively passed on to the local cell transmitter.

Captive Non-Public Networks CNPN

means the Companies Act, 1956 or the Companies Act, 2013, as the case may be;

includes the right to appoint majority of the directors or to control the management or policy decisions exercisable by a person or persons acting individually or in concert, directly or indirectly, including by virtue of their shareholding or management rights or shareholder’s agreements or voting agreements or in any other manner:

means a system or series of systems of telecommunication equipment that is responsible for routing and controlling flow of telecommunication traffic among different parts of the telecommunication network and handles a range of essential functions including connectivity, routing, mobility management, authentication, authorisation, user management, policy management, management of exposure of the telecommunication network and servicing of Application Program Interfaces (APIs).

means any telecommunication network, or part thereof, notified under sub-section (3) of section 22 of the Act;

Community Radio Station (CRS)-Community stations serve geographic communities and communities of interest. They broadcast content that is popular and relevant to a local, specific audience. Community radio is a radio service offering a third model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial and public broadcasting.

Carrier Service

or “CAF” means the form as may be specified by the Central Government, for recording the user information for the purpose of providing telecommunication services;