(DoT) has officially commenced the acceptance of applications for obtaining authorisations for providing telecommunication services, as well as for the migration of existing licenses to the terms and conditions of authorisation under the Telecommunications Act, 2023.

This development follows the notification of telecommunication rules for authorisation for provision of telecommunication services under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Telecommunications Act, 2023 which have been notified on the 23rd of June 2026. Similarly, telecommunication rules for migration of license to the terms and conditions of authorisation under sub-section (6) of section 3 of the Telecommunications Act, 2023 have also been notified on the 23rd of June 2026.

As envisaged under the Telecommunications Act, 2023, the provisions of the aforesaid rules are being implemented using the principle of "digital by design". To facilitate this, application modules for both obtaining a fresh authorisation and migrating existing licenses have been made operational.

Applicants can now submit their applications online through the "Telecom eServices Portal" at the following URL: https://eservices.dot.gov.in/authorisation-portal.

Previously, via a Press Release dated October 24, 2025, the Department of Telecommunications had suspended, as an interim measure, the acceptance of new applications for issuing Unified Licenses, Unified License (VNO), Standalone Licenses, Registrations, Permissions, and No Objection Certificates with effect from November 10, 2025. This suspension was put in place pending the notification of the new authorisation framework.

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The portal supports two distinct processes: applications for a fresh telecommunication-service authorisation and migration of an existing licence to the new authorisation framework. Both modules implement rules notified under Section 3 of the Telecommunications Act, 2023.

DoT had stopped accepting several categories of new licence, registration, permission and no-objection applications from 10 November 2025 while the new framework was pending. Opening the modules therefore restores a digital application route under the replacement rules rather than merely adding another information page.