Date: 2025-12-08Category: Press ReleaseState: Union GovernmentCountry: India
TRAI responds to the DoT's back-reference dated 12.11.2025 on the TRAI's recommendations dated 09.05.2025 on ‘Terms and Conditions for the Assignment of Spectrum for Certain Satellite-Based Commercial Communication Services’
**Executive Summary**
On December 8, 2025, TRAI responded to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT)'s back-reference dated November 12, 2025, regarding the 'Terms and Conditions for the Assignment of Spectrum for Certain Satellite-Based Commercial Communication Services.' This action follows DoT's earlier request and subsequent back-reference for reconsideration of TRAI's recommendations. TRAI's response is available on their website.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Background:**
* DoT requested TRAI on July 11, 2024, to provide recommendations on spectrum assignment terms and conditions, including pricing for satellite-based communication services.
* These services include NGSO based Fixed Satellite Services (data communication and Internet) and GSO/NGSO based Mobile Satellite Services (voice, text, data, and internet).
* **TRAI's Initial Recommendations:**
* TRAI submitted its initial recommendations to DoT on May 9, 2025, after a consultation process.
* **DoT's Back-Reference:**
* DoT, via a back-reference on November 12, 2025, requested TRAI to reconsider some of its recommendations.
* **TRAI's Response:**
* TRAI has responded to DoT's back-reference.
* The response is available on TRAI’s website (www.trai.gov.in).
* **Contact Information:**
* For clarifications, Shri Akhilesh Kumar Trivedi, Advisor (Networks, Spectrum & Licensing), TRAI, can be contacted at +91-11-20907758.
**Impact Analysis**
**DoT**
* **Impact:** The DoT receives TRAI's response to their back-reference, enabling them to proceed with decisions on spectrum assignment for satellite-based communication services.
* **Action Required:** Review TRAI's response and make informed decisions on spectrum assignment.
**TRAI**
* **Impact:** TRAI has fulfilled its role in providing recommendations on spectrum assignment.
* **Action Required:** Monitor the implementation of their recommendations and provide clarification as needed.
**Satellite Communication Service Providers (NGSO and GSO based)**
* **Impact:** Directly affected by the terms and conditions for spectrum assignment, as these will impact their ability to provide services.
* **Action Required:** Review the terms and conditions and prepare to comply with the regulations for spectrum assignment.
Key Entities Referenced
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI): The primary regulator responsible for making recommendations on spectrum assignment.
Department of Telecommunications (DoT): The department requesting and receiving recommendations from TRAI on spectrum assignment.
Terms and Conditions for the Assignment of Spectrum for Certain Satellite-Based Commercial Communication Services: The subject matter of the TRAI's recommendations and the DoT's back-reference.
TRAI Act 1997: The legal framework under which TRAI operates, particularly Section 11 related to reconsideration of recommendations.
Ministry of Communications
TRAI responds to the DoT's back-reference
dated 12.11.2025 on the TRAI's
recommendations dated 09.05.2025 on ‘Terms
and Conditions for the Assignment of Spectrum
for Certain Satellite-Based Commercial
Communication Services’
प्रव तथ: 08 DEC 2025 4:57PM by PIB Delhi
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has today sent its response to the back-reference dated
12.11.2025 received from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Ministry of Communications,
Government of India in respect of the TRAI's recommendations dated 09.05.2025 on ‘Terms and
Conditions for the Assignment of Spectrum for Certain Satellite-Based Commercial Communication
Services’.
Earlier, through a reference dated 11.07.2024, DoT had requested TRAI to provide recommendations on
terms and conditions of spectrum assignment including spectrum pricing while accounting for level
playing field with terrestrial access services for the following satellite-based communication services:
i. NGSO based Fixed Satellite Services providing data communication and Internet services. In its
recommendations, TRAI may take into account services provided by GSO-based satellite
communication service providers.
ii. GSO/ NGSO based Mobile Satellite Services providing voice, text, data, and internet services.
In this regard, after a comprehensive consultation process, TRAI, on 09.05.2025, sent its
recommendations on ‘Terms and Conditions for the Assignment of Spectrum for Certain Satellite-Based
Commercial Communication Services’ to DoT.
Lately, DoT, through a back-reference dated 12.11.2025, has referred back some of the TRAI's
recommendations on ‘Terms and Conditions for the Assignment of Spectrum for Certain Satellite-Based
Commercial Communication Services’ and has requested TRAI to provide its reconsidered
recommendations in respect of such recommendations, in accordance with the provisions of Section 11 of
the TRAI Act 1997 (as amended).
In this regard, after a careful examination, TRAI has sent its response to the back-reference to DoT.
TRAI's response to the back-reference has also been placed on the TRAI's website (www.trai.gov.in).
For any clarification/ information, Shri Akhilesh Kumar Trivedi, Advisor (Networks, Spectrum &
Licensing), TRAI may be contacted at telephone number +91-11-20907758.
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