Government of India

Ministry of Communications
Department of Telecommunications
Wireless Planning and Coordination Wing
20, Ashoka Road, Sanchar Bhawan, New Delhi

No. P-11014/34/2009-PP Dated: 11.12.2023

ORDER

Subject: Spectrum Charges for Assignment of Frequencies to Captive Users (being

charged on formula basis) for different types of Radiocommunication Services and
applications.
In pursuance of the powers conferred under section 4 of the Indian Telegraph
Act, 1885 (13 of 1885) and in supersession of this Ministry’s Orders Nos. P-
11014/34/2009-PP (I), (II), (III) & (IV) each dated 22.03.2012, the Central Government
has decided that assignment of radio frequency spectrum to all users to whom radio
frequency assignment is made through administrative process and spectrum charges
are calculated based on a formulae, shall be made as per the methodology defined in
this order.

2 Upon successful processing of application for assignment of radio frequency, a

Letter of Intent (Lol) will be issued to the applicant which include, among others,
information about the license fee and royalty charge (collectively called spectrum
charges) required to be paid. Spectrum charges shall be informed for the full period
of the assignment requested. If the request for assignment is for a period more than
one year, the applicant can opt to pay the license fee and royalty annually, in advance
for each year.

3 Immediately thereafter, but in any case not later than sixty (60) days from the
date of issue of the Lol, the applicant shall pay the spectrum charges for issue of
Decision Letter (DL), if otherwise permissible.
3.1 If the payment is not received within 60 days from the date of Lol, the
application shall be treated as cancelled and the frequency shall be freed for
assignment to other applicants. The applicant will have to submit a fresh application
if they still want the frequency assignment.

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4. A Construction Period of three months is permitted for the purpose of import
of the equipment, site preparedness, deployment, etc. and spectrum charges be
levied, after three months” period from the 1st day of the month of date of issue of Lol.
41 Three months’ construction period shall not be applicable for temporary
frequency assignment (assignment issued for the period less than one year). In such
cases, spectrum charges shall be applicable from the 1st day of the month of date of
issue of Lol.

a Initially, DL shall be issued with a validity of 15 months (one year plus three
months of construction period) from the 1st day of the month of date of issue of Lol
that can be further extended for a period of another one year subject to payment of
annual spectrum charges, in advance. For example: If date of issue of initial Lol is 20th
August 2023, the spectrum charges will be levied from 1st November 2023 and the
initial DL will be valid upto 31st October 2024. Further extension of one year will be
expired on 31st October 2025.
51 Inno case DL be renewed further, however, extension of another one year may
be considered for Government users under certain circumstances subject to payment
of annual spectrum charges, in advance.

6. The spectrum charges, comprises of Royalty and License fee, shall be calculated
for following radiocommunication services as per the enclosed schedules:

Schedule Radiocommunication Services and applications Page

No. No.
I Terrestrial Broadcasting service 6-7
II Land Mobile Service (up to 375 kHz) 8-13
III Maritime Mobile Service 14-16
IV Aeronautical Service 17-18

\' Radar under Radionavigation Service and Radiolocation

Service
| 19-20
VI Fixed and Mobile Service (Multi-channels Multiplexed) 21-23
VII Satellite Based Services (FSS, BSS, MSS, EESS) 24-26

6.1 All the above services have been defined in the National Frequency Allocation
Plan of India (NFAP). The latest NFAP is available in DoT’s website
(www.dot.gov.in).

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6.2 Spectrum charges, mentioned in all the schedules, are annual charges, unless
otherwise specified.
6.3 Royalty charge has been made independent of numbers of equipment/set,
unless otherwise specified. However, license fee will be applicable on them. Therefore,
any increase/ decrease in the number of equipment (Fixed/ Mobile) in the existing
frequency assignment shall require prior permission.
6.4 The spectrum charges due for different period shall be determined as follows:
License License Fee
| Royalty payable after | Method of Payment
Period Payable three months period
from the 1st day of the
month of date of issue
of LOI
One calendar
month or less || At specified Annual Royalty divided Full License fee and
|
|
rate given in by 12
|
Royalty to be paid in
various advance at the time of
schedules issue of DL/frequency
assignment.
More than
one calendar
|
|
At specified |On

|
pro-rata
rate given in However, part of a
|
basis. --do-

month but
less than 12 |
| various
schedules
month shall be taken as
one month.
months
More than At specified [On
| pro-rata basis. | Pay the License Fee plus
rate given in However, part of a|Royalty for the entire
one year
various
|
month shall be taken as duration in advance at
schedules one month.
|
the time of issue of DL./
frequency assignment
or pay it in annual
advance instalments.

itype ofGenerally, there shall be no limit on number of frequency(ies) applied for any
services. However, number of frequency(ies) shall be assigned subject to
availability, technical justification, regulatory feasibility etc.

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8. Renewal of Frequency Assignment:

8.1 The assignee shall be responsible for keeping the frequency assignment current
and up to date until its surrender/ cancellation. To this effect, the assignee shall, at least
30 days before the end date of the validity of the frequency assignment,
pay through
Saral Sanchar Portal, the spectrum charges for the renewal of his/her existing
frequency assignment.

9. Frequency assignment/ authorization Modification Fee:

9.1. Applicable fees for modification in the frequency authorization/ frequency

assignment shall be charged at the rate of Rs. 1000/- per modification.

10. Cancellation/ Surrender of Frequency Assignment:

10.1 The assignee shall surrender the frequency assignment, if no longer required. To
this effect the assignee shall apply for cancellation through Saral Sanchar Portal in
accordance with OM No. L-14027/210/2020-WF dated 27.07.2023. Failure to surrender
a frequency assignment within the stipulated time shall result in accrual of spectrum
charges and late fee.

10.2 Non-purchase of equipment/ non-utilization of frequency assignment shall not

be ground for exemption from payment of spectrum charges.

10.3 On surrender of frequency assignment, after adjustment of due spectrum

charges, the balance amount will be either adjusted against other active frequency
assignments or refunded to the applicant.
11. Late fee for delayed payment of Spectrum Charges:

11.1 Late fee shall be payable by the assignee on the frequency assignment for delay
in payment of spectrum charges (Royalty and License fee) or any other dues payable
against the frequency assignment. In this regard, any payment reflected in DoT’s
account after the midnight (2400 Hrs.) of the end date will be considered as a delay in
payment irrespective of the date on which such transaction was initiated by the
assignee of the frequency assignment.

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11.2 The rate at which Late Fee is levied for a Financial Year shall be 2% added to
one-year Marginal Cost of Lending Rate (MCLR) of State Bank of India, on the
beginning of the Financial Year i.e. 1st April.

11.3 The Late Fee shall be compounded annually, subject to minimum annual Late
Fee of Rs. 250/- per Frequency Assignment. A part of the month shall be considered
as a full month for the purpose of calculation of Late Fee. month shall be an English
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calendar month.

12. The applications for the frequency assignment shall continue to be processed
through DoT’s online portal (Saral Sanchar portal). Further, all renewals, cancellations,
import permission, surrenders will also be issued through online portal (Saral Sanchar)
as per prevailing instructions issued from time to time.

13. Any issue either arising due to interpretation of this Order or new uses/
applications not covered in the said Order shall be referred to the Standing Committee
constituted vide WPC Wing OM of even No. dated 11.12.2023.
14. This Order issues with the approval of competent authority.
15. This Order shall come into force with effect from 01st April 2024. However, the
revised spectrum charges on existing frequency assignments shall be applicable from
the date of next renewal cycle.
Enclosure: As above.

1112-2022
(PSM Tripathi)
Sr. Deputy Wireless Adviser to the Govt. of India

To, Senior Wireless Adviser

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All concerned. 3 1
wh rion Do
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Wireless Finance Division
Wireless Monitoring Organisation
IT cell, DoT - for publication on DoT Website
lh [TPC, BSNL, Pune to send text messages to all licensee informing them about
the new orders on frequency assignment.

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 Schedule-I: Terrestrial Broadcasting Services

General:

(i) FM Broadcast (Analog) frequency plan is based on a 200 kHz channel

Plan.

(ii) The MF/ HF broadcast frequency plan is based on 20 and 10 kHz channel
plan respectively.

(iii) V/UHF Terrestrial-TV Broadcast frequency plan is based on 7/8 MHz

Channel plan.

The low power studio equipment shall not be used for outdoor events
e.g. use in sports stadiums, outdoor social, cultural, religious events etc.

Hot Standby is permitted by default and no separate license fee or royalty

for Hot standby equipment will be applicable.

(vi) Permission for Community Radio Station standby station is included, and
no separate permission will be required.

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 Part-I (Royalty Charges)
1. Annual Royalty Charges for Terrestrial Broadcasting Service:
Table-1

Type of Power delivered to antenna Royalty (in Rs)

Broadcasting per radio station
Public Broadcasting
(All India Radio and || Sound:
Low Power FM (Up to 100 W) 30,000
Doordarshan) Medium Power FM (0.1 KW to
High Power FM (1IKW-3KW)
1IKW)
| 60,000
1,25,000
AM/MW Broadcasting 50,000
Television:
Low Power TV (Up to 1IKW) VHF: 1,20,000
UHF: 3,60,000
High Power TV (Above 1KW) VHF: 1,20,000
UHEF: 3,50,000
Private Commercial FM stations 3,37,500
Broadcasting
Community Radio Low power FM (Up to 50 W) 22,500
Broadcasting (CRS)

1.1 Royalty charges for Low Power indoor studio equipment will be Rs. 5000/- per
set for lifetime use.

Part-II (License fee)

License Fee for stations under Broadcasting Service including standby sets:

S.No. | Type of Wireless station | Annual License Fee

License (in Rs.)

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Broadcast transmitter station
Low power studio equipment
|| 500 per station
250 per set
(one time charge for lifetime)

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 Schedule-II: Land Mobile Services in LE/MF/HF/VHF/UHF bands
(Bandwidth up to 375 kHz)

General:

(i) Royalty Charges calculation for a frequency(s) will be based on the

coverage area, the channel bandwidth of transmission, popularity of
frequency band and the location-category; and will be independent of
the number of stations using the same frequency(s) in a network.

The Coverage category of Fixed-Site users is as per Table -2

Highly Popular Bands, Medium poplar Bands, Less Popular bands, and
others are as per Table- 3

The location category is as per Annex I.

“Fixed-site” covers small area applications such as industrial units,

factories, municipalities, etc. and can comprise of one or more base
stations, mobile stations, or any combinations thereof.

Fixed-Site Charging methodology shall be applied where area of a

district is small enough to be covered by four base/ repeater stations.

(vii) In case of a network spread across two location population categories

(different class of cities) the charging of higher population category shall
be applicable.

(viii) Network having coverage beyond the Fixed-site category will be

charged under District or State or Pan India category, as the case may
be.

(ix) Area users are those which operate over larger area of operations such
as: Pan-India users like India Railways, Defense, Central Paramilitary
forces (CPMFs), oil marketing companies, airports authority, etc; State-
wide users such as: state police organizations, Disaster Management
authorities, State Forest departments, electricity boards, water resources
departments etc; district-wide users such as: pubic transport, district

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 authorities; and generally consist of several base stations, mobile
stations, and combinations thereof.

(x) It may be noted that area of operation of assigned frequency(ies) i.r.o.

area users shall be restricted to their respective jurisdiction like
Railways’ operation will be limited along the railway track only,
whereas security agencies will have their operational area over the entire
area for which spectrum is assigned.

(xi) Under Area-based State-wide category charging, States has been

categorized into two categories (Category-A and Category-B) based on
the GDP of the States. Accordingly, separate rates is applicable for the
same frequency band.

(xii) Royalty charges for frequency assignments that are in the sea (offshore),
sub-surface use such as tunnel-radio will be charged at the minimum
charging rate in the respective band / population category.

(xiii) If theantenna is used indoors or underground or is a down-fire, leaky

feeder or radiating cable type, it will fall within category 1 of the
respective band / population area.

(xiv) In order to promote efficient use of radio frequencies, number of

Frequencies to be assigned to each user at a specific location in
HF/VHF /UHF Land Mobile Service shall be as per the following
criteria:

a. For Fixed-site operations, a maximum 10 simplex frequencies or

02 duplex frequencies will be assigned initially. Additional
assignments will be based on justification.

b. The Royalty charges as in Table 1 will be applicable for the first

10 simplex channels or 2 duplex channels. Beyond these number
of channels, an incremental additional charge of 30% higher for
next 05 simplex channels or 02 duplex channels, and 50% higher
charges on number of frequencies exceeding beyond 15 simplex
or 04 duplex channels will be applicable.

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(xv) Royalty for VHF bands and above (more than 30 MHz), will be levied for
the channel bandwidth and not for the occupied bandwidth. Minimum
unit of charging is 12.5 kHz.

(xvi) The Royalty charges for the systems using a 6.25 kHz channel size in VHF
band and above (more than 30 MHz) will be half of that applicable for the
basic 12.5 kHz channel size.

(xvii) Royalty for LF/MF/HF bands (less than 30 MHz) will be levied for the
channel width and not for the occupied bandwidth. Minimum unit of
charging is 3 kHz.

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 Part-I (Royalty Charges)
1. Annual Royalty for Fixed-Site networks:

Table 1: Annual Royalty (in Rs.) for Fixed-Site networks in VHF/ UHF band for
12.5 kHz bandwidth

Band
category!
Highly Popular Bands
(HPB)
| Medium Popular Bands | Less
(MPB) Bands
Popular
(LPB)

COR
Category?
1 2 3 1 2 3 120r3
Population
category A+
Population
|, 105 | | |
45,000
| 36,000 |
75,000 12,000 45,000

category A 1, | | 40,000 | 8000 | | 36,000

500 25,000 24,000

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Population
category
Population
B
|5) | 15000 | | | | 25,000 5,000 12,000 20,000

category C
All others
IRefer to Table-3
|
|,
3,000
| | 3,750 |
10,000

5,000
| 4,000 |
|
15,000

8,000 2,000
7,000 15,000

5,000

Refer to Table-2
*
Half of the charges will be applicable for 6.25 kHz channel bandwidth

Table 2: The Coverage Category

Coverage
categories || Combinations of Effective Radiated Power
(ERP) in Watts (P), and Antenna height
above ground level (Ah)in meters — for base
|
Possible
operational area -
Radius (R) in km
station(s)
|
Category 1
| P <5W and Ah <10m 0<R<3
Category 2
| P <5W and 10m < Ah <30m
P>5W and Ah <10m
3<R<l15

Category 3
| P>5W and Ah > 10m
P <5W and Ah > 30m
15<R <30

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 Table 3: High/ Medium/Popular bands

Band categories Bands Frequency range (MHz)

Highly
(HPB)
Popular bands he
UHF-I diy
410-430
UHF-II 430-470
Medium
(MPB)
Popular bands
| UHF-III 380 400
—

800 MHz for CMRTS

(except for IMT band)
Less Popular bands (LPB) Any other band other than above

2 Annual Royalty for Area-based Operation in VHF/UHF band for Land

Mobile stations:

Table-4: Annual Royalty (in Rs.)

Royalty for Royalty for Royalty for

ai
Highly Popular
bands | Medium
Popular bands
|
Less Popular
bands
All India 50,00,000 37,50,000 25,00,000
State-wide Category-A! 5,00,000 3,75,000 2,50,000
State-wide Category- B2 3,00,000 2,25,000 1,50,000

District-wide
5 x Fixed site
Coverage Cat-3 || 5 xFixed site
Coverage Cat-3
|
5 x Fixed site

Coverage Cat-3
1State-wide Category-A: Delhi, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Gujarat, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttar
Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Haryana, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Assam,
Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh, and Orrisa.

State-wide Category-B: Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Goa, Meghalaya, Tripura, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh,
Manipur, Mizoram and Union Territories.

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Royalty Charges for UHF Short Range Radio (USR)
(i) USR will continue to be permitted in the 350-351 MHz frequency band.
However, the frequency assignments for USR will be made on non-
exclusive basis, where the user will be free to select the operating frequency
from a pool of earmarked frequencies mentioned at Annexure-2 of NFAP
2022.

(ii) The USR system can be used anywhere in the country except restricted areas
as notified by the Government. In restricted areas possession as well as
operation of USR equipment are prohibited.

(iii) The royalty charges will be at the minimum rates under the Fixed site
category and license will be granted for not less than 5 years (non-
refundable, renewable after five years for 5-year terms).

4. Royalty Charges for Land Mobile Service in LF/MF/HF band:

Table-5: Annual Royalty Charges

Royalty Charges per annum per spot

Frequency bands (irrespective of the number of sets)
(in Rs.)
HF (3-30 MHz) 1,00,000
MF (300 kHz - 3 MHz) 50,000
LF (9 kHz to 300 kHz) 50,000

Part-II (License fee)

License Fee for wireless stations operating under Land Mobile service including
Standby sets will be as under:

S.No.
i:
| Type of Wireless station License
Base/ Fixed Station
Annual License Fee (in Rs.)
500 per station
ii
| Vehicle /Handheld Mobile station

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 Schedule-11I: Maritime Mobile Service in LE/MF/HF/VHF/UHF bands

General:
(i) Maritime Mobile Services includes port operation service, ship movement
service, which are also defined in NFAP.

(ii) Frequency assignments to general public will be made on a non-exclusive

basis.

(iii) Ports and Search & Rescue (SAR) authorities shall be assigned the number
of frequencies on an exclusive basis if requested by them.

(iv) Royalty for VHF/UHF bands and above (more than 30 MHz), will be
levied for the channel bandwidth and not for the occupied bandwidth.
Minimum unit of charging is 12.5 kHz.

(v) The Royalty charges for the systems using a 6.25 kHz channel size in
VHF/UHF band and above (more than 30 MHz) will be half of that
applicable for the basic 12.5 kHz channel size.

(vi) Royalty for LF/MF/HF bands (less than 30 MHz), will be levied for the
channel bandwidth and not for the occupied bandwidth. The minimum
unit of charging is 3 kHz.

(vii) No charges will be levied for the safety and calling frequencies mentioned
at Para 2 of Part-I (Royalty Charges).

(viii) The transmitting frequencies in the VHF maritime mobile band will be in
accordance with APPENDIX 18 of Radio Regulation of ITU-R.

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 Part-I (Royalty Charges)
1. Annual Royalty for radio stations in Maritime Mobile Service:
Table-1: Annual Royalty Charges

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Frequency iin (irrespective of the number of sets)
VHF (Except AIS") 20,000
VHF (AIS/ ATON?) (For two frequencies) 20,000
HF (3-30 MHz) 1, 00,000
MF (300 kHz - 3 MHz) 50,000
LF (9 kHz to 300 kHz) 50,000
AIS: Automatic Identification System

2ATON: AIS to Aid to Navigation (Physical/Virtual/Synthetic)

2. Frequency exempted from payment of spectrum charges Safety and calling

frequencies:
Table -2: List of exempted frequency

Freq. Mode
In VHF
In 2|In 4(In 6|In 8|In 12(In 16

Sa
MHz («MHz
|| MHz
| band | band
MHz MHz MHz
(MHz) band
(kHz) || band
(kHz)
|
band
(kHz) || ||
(kHz) (kHz)
band
(kHz)
Distress
Alert | DSC 156.525
(Channel | 2187.5
| 4207.5
| 6312.0
| 8414.5
| 12577.0
| 16804.5

Freq. 70)
Distress
traffic | RTF 156.8
(Channel
2182
| 4125 |6215.0
| 8291.0 | 12290.0 | 16420.0
freq. 16)

*
*NBDP 2174.5 4177.5
The latest [TU-R Recommendations will be followed.
| | 6268.0 | 8376.5 | 12520.0 | 16695.0

21 Channel 06 (156.300 MHz: Safety and Inter-ship Communications), and

Channel 13 (156.650 MHz: Inter-ship Navigation Safety), are also exempted from
payment of spectrum charges.

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 Part-II (License fee)
License Fee for wireless stations operating under Maritime Mobile service including
Standby sets:

S. No. Type of Wireless station License

| Coast Annual License Fee (in Rs.)
1
| Station 500 per station

>
| Fishing trawlers
Vehicle /Handheld station 250 per station

3
| stations 500 per trawler

4
| Ship 5000 per ship

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 Schedule - IV: Aeronautical Service in LE/MF/HF/VHF/UHF bands

General:
(i) Aeronautical Service includes aeronautical mobile (R) service and
aeronautical mobile (OR) service, aeronautical radio navigation service,
which are also defined in NFAP.

(ii) Frequency assignments for this service will be made on an exclusive basis.

(iii) Royalty for VHF bands and above (more than 30 MHz), will be levied for
the channel bandwidth and not for the occupied bandwidth. The minimum
unit of charging is 12.5 kHz.

(iv) The Royalty charges for the systems using a 6.25 kHz channel size in
VHF/UHF band and above (more than 30 MHz) will be half of that
applicable for the basic 12.5 kHz channel size.

(v) Royalty for LF/MF/HF bands (less than 30 MHz) will be levied for the
channel bandwidth and not for the occupied bandwidth. Minimum unit of
charging is 3 kHz.
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 Part-I (Royalty Charges)

1. Annual Royalty Charges for Aeronautical Mobile Service:

Table-1: Royalty Charges

+
Royalty Charges (in Rs.) per annum per
location (irrespective of the number of sets)
2,00,000 (For Tower and Approach)
i
VHF/ UHF ( (ARNS/ AMS )
75,000 (For Ground)

MF (300 kHz
- 3 MHz) 50,000
LF $v kHz to 300 kHz)
50,000
(Radio Beacons, etc.)
ARNS: Aeronautical Radionavigation services: VOR (CVOR or DVOR), DME, NDB, TACAN, MARKER,
GP, GS (ICAO definition may be referred).

AMS: Aeronautical Mobile Service (Route/ off-Route)

Part-II (License fee)

License Fee for wireless stations operating under Aeronautical Mobile service
including Standby sets:
Table-2: License Fee

S. No. of Wireless station License

1
| Type
Fixed Station
Annual License Fee (in Rs.)
500 per station
0)

3
Vehicle /Handheld Mobile station
Aircraft stations
|

| 250 per station

5000 per aircraft

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 Schedule-V: Radars under Radionavigation Service/ Radiolocation Services

General:
(i) Radar is classified into low-power (less than 10-watt EIRP) and high-power
radar systems (10-watt EIRP or higher).

(ii) The royalty charges will be calculated based on the Necessary bandwidth
(20 dB bandwidth) as per the Annexure-II and will be independent of the
coverage distance.

(iii) Royalty charges for low-power radars (payable at the beginning) shall be
charged at 10% of one-year royalty charge of high-power radar of similar
frequency ranges for use of the total life of the equipment or 10 years,
whichever is earlier. It can be renewed for further periods in the multiple of
10 years under the extant rules.

(iv) The royalty charges for Wind profiler radars will be calculated using a social
factor of 1/3 to the royalty charges of the high-power radar.

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 Part-I (Royalty Charges)

Annual Royalty Charges for high power radar station in Radio determination
service /Radio Location Service:
Frequency Band Rate (in Rs.) per 100 kHz
960- 2690 MHz 12,000
2690- 5000 MHz 12,000
5000-8500 MHz 3,000
8500- 14500 MHz 1,200
More than 14500 MHz 1,200

Part-II (License fee)

License Fee for wireless stations operating under Radio determination service/
Radio Location including Standby sets:

S. No. Annual License Fee (in Rs.)

| Type of Wireless station License | 1000
per station
1
| Radar Station

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 Schedule-VI: Fixed and Mobile Services having Multiplexed Multi-channels

General:
(i) Charging methodology is based on MxCxW formula (M= Basic Royalty,
C=No. Freq. Carriers, W=Bandwidth Factor). It will be used for calculation
of royalty charges for the Fixed services and Mobile services having
multiplexed multi-channels.

(ii) The rate of M-Factor will be calculated based on the maximum Coverage
distance as per Table-1

(iii) The bandwidth factor will be calculated as per Table-2. Any fraction would
be rounded up to the next integer.

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 Part-I (Royalty Charges)
Annual royalty Charges for radio stations in Fixed Services and Mobile
services having multiplexed multi-channels for Captive use will be multiplication
of the M-factor (Basic Royalty), C-factor (No. of frequency carriers) and W-factor
(Bandwidth).

Royalty (R) = MxCxW

Table-1: Rate of M-Factor

Distance Category Maximum Distance (Km) Value of M
Factor
I <=2 750

1 >2=5 1500

II >5<=25 3000

> 25 <=60 6000

Iv
V > 60 <=120 11000

VI
> 120 <=500 18750

VII
> 500 25000

Table-2: Rate of bandwidth factor

Slabs of Adjacent Channel Separation Value of W
factor
(BW), in MHz
More than 375 kHz and including 2 MHz 30
More than 2 but <=3.5 40
More than 3.5 but <=7 60
More than 7 but <=14 90
More than 14 but <= 28 120
More than 28 but <= 56 150
More than 56 but <=112 180
More than 112 but <= 256 210

i More than 256 but <= 512

>512
240
240+ 30 x (Excess bandwidth / 256) *

*That is, in steps of 256 MHz or part thereof

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 Part-II (License fee)
License Fee for wireless stations operating under Fixed and Mobile Services including
Standby sets:

S. No. Type of Wireless station License Annual License Fee (in Rs.)
| |
i;

ii.
||
Fixed station
Vehicle Mobile/
Mobile station
1000 per station
Handheld | 250 per station

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 Schedule-VII: Satellite based Services.

General:
(i) Satellite based Service includes Fixed Satellite Services (FSS),
Broadcasting Satellite Services (BSS), Mobile satellite Services (MSS) and
Earth Exploration Satellite Services (EESS)

(ii) The standard annual royalty factor shall be Rs. 35,000/- per frequency.
The same rates will be applied for all applications under FSS, BSS, MSS
and EESS together with the relevant Bandwidth Factor (Bs) given in
Table-1 below to arrive at the amount of Annual Royalty (R) per
frequency payable for an Uplink or Downlink.

(iii) Royalty charges shall not be applicable on remote terminals of Data

collection platforms. Only the license fee will be paid.

Bandwidth factor for the bandwidth will be calculated in the multiple

of 500 kHz and the remainder will be calculated using increments of 100
kHz.

The royalty will be charged on the total bandwidth assigned i.e.

including any guard bands etc.

The royalty charges for Earth-Exploration Satellite Services

/
Meteorological Satellite Service, will be calculated only once for every
frequency carrier used by the remote users under these services.

(vii) For Space Operation Services (TTC operation), the fixed royalty charges
of Rs 1,50,000/- per Earth Station per annum will be levied.

(viii) Royalty charges will be levied in respect of frequencies transmitted from

or into Indian territory.

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(ix) For DSNG/SNG, the royalty charges will be levied for the frequencies
used on both uplinks and downlinks. In case the same frequency carrier
is used by the user from different OB vans belonging to licensee,
additional royalty @ 25% of the basis royalty will be charged. However,
if the additional OB vans are deployed within the same venue, e.g. a
stadium, additional royalty @ 25% of the basis royalty will not be
charged.

For temporary Up linking, a

minimum royalty equivalent to that for one
month will be charged.

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 Part-I (Royalty Charges)
: Annual Royalty Charges for Satellite Based Services:
Annual Royalty (R) = Rs. 35000xBs.
Table-1: Calculation of Bandwidth Factor (Bs)
Bandwidth Factor (By)
No. Total Assigned Bandwidth For uplink For downlink

Up to and including 100 kHz

Broadcast*
| Others | Broadcast | Others
Gy
| Uptoand
including
[i.e.. BW < 100 kHz]
0.25 0.20 Nil 0.20

More than 100 kHz to up to

500 kHz "|
\
(D) and including 250 kHz 0.60 0.50 Nil 0.50
| 5EEROL.
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is
[i.e., 100 kHz < BW < 250 kHz]

|
| °° |
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(ii)

(iv)
three
and including 500 kHz
[i.c., 250 kHz < BW < 500 kHz]
More than 500 kHz
[i.e.. BW > 500 kHz]
125

| | |1.00

Total Bs
Nil 1.00

*Broadcast in this case means those uses that are related to transmission of television content
through satellite, and include, teleports, DSNG vans, DTH, HITS etc.
Total Bs = [Appropriate Bs from row (iii) above x bandwidth in number of multiple of 500 kHz] +
[Appropriate B: from row (i) above x number of multiple of 100KHz or part thereof in balance
bandwidth]
where,
Balance bandwidth = remainder of [bandwidth/ 500 kHz]

Part-11 (License fee)

License Fee for wireless stations operating under Satellite Services (FSS, BSS,
MSS) including Standby sets

of Wireless station License

S. No.
| Type Annual License Fee (in Rs.)
1
| DSNG/NLD/ILD/DCP/IP-II
Fixed Earth station DTH/ Teleport/ 1000 per station

Captive VSAT/Inmarsat Earth Station

Vehicle Mobile/ Handheld Mobile | 500 per station

250/- per station

station
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 Annexure-I
Category-wise List of Cities

Name of the City State Category

Chennai Tamil Nadu A+

Delhi Delhi A+

Kolkata West Bengal A+

Mumbai Maharashtra A+

Ahmedabad Gujarat A

Bangalore Karnataka A

Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh A

Jaipur Rajasthan A

Kanpur Uttar Pradesh A

Lucknow Uttar Pradesh A

Nagpur Maharashtra A

Pune Maharashtra A

Surat Gujarat A

Amritsar Punjab B

Agra Uttar Pradesh B

Allahabad Uttar Pradesh B

Asansol West Bengal B

Bhopal Madhya Pradesh B

Cochin Kerala B

Coimbatore Tamil Nadu B

Dhanbad Jharkhand B

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Indore Madhya Pradesh B

Jabalpur Madhya Pradesh B

Jamshedpur Jharkhand B

Ludhiana Punjab B

Madurai Tamil Nadu B

Moradabad Uttar Pradesh B

Patna Bihar B

Rajkot Gujarat B

Vadodara Gujarat B

Varanasi Uttar Pradesh B

Vijayawada Andhra Pradesh B

Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh B

Ahmednagar Maharashtra 8
Ajmer Rajasthan
i
Akola Maharashtra C

Alappuzha (Alleppey)
Aligarh
| Kerala

Uttar Pradesh
C
&

Amravati Maharashtra 5
Aurangabad Maharashtra C

Bareilly Uttar Pradesh LC

Belgaum Karnataka C

Bellary Karnataka &

Bhagalpur Bihar C

Bhavnagar Gujarat or c
Bhubaneshwar Orissa C

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Bikaner Rajasthan Cc

Ks
Bilaspur Chhattisgarh
Chandigarh Chandigarh/UT c
Dehradun Uttarakhand 5
Devengeri Karnataka €
Dhule Maharashtra 5
Erode Tamil Nadu C

Gaya Bihar 8
Gorakhpur Uttar Pradesh LC

Gulbarga Karnataka 5
Guwahati Assam C

Gwalior Madhya Pradesh k

Hubli-Dharwad Karnataka ic

Jalandhar Punjab 4
Jalgaon Maharashtra C
Bo
Jammu J&K
kL
Jamnagar Gujarat
Jhansi Uttar Pradesh C

Jodhpur Rajasthan c
Kakinada Andhra Pradesh JZ

Kannur Kerala

Kolhapur Maharashtra A

Kota Rajasthan 8
Kozhikode Kerala

Kurnool Andhra Pradesh c

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Malegaon Maharashtra &

Mangalore Karnataka =
Muzaffarnagar Uttar Pradesh C

Bihar J»
Muzaffarpur
Mysore Karnataka Cc

Nanded Maharashtra C

Nasik Maharashtra 5
Nellore Andhra Pradesh g-

Patiala Punjab C

Pondicherry Pondicherry =
Raipur Chhattisgarh ¢
Rajahmundry Andhra Pradesh C

Ranchi Jharkhand C

Rourkela Orissa =
Sagar Madhya Pradesh Kk

Saharanpur Uttar Pradesh 5

Salem Tamil Nadu LC

Sangli Maharashtra
Shahjahanpur Uttar Pradesh £
Sholapur Maharashtra 5
Siliguri West Bengal C

Srinagar J&K =
Tiruchy Tamil Nadu %

Tirunelveli Tamil Nadu =

Tirupati Andhra Pradesh

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 Thiruvananthapuram Kerala 9
Trissur Kerala C

Tuticorin Tamil Nadu C

Udaipur Rajasthan c
Ujjain Madhya Pradesh Ce

Vellore Tamil Nadu C

Warangal Andhra Pradesh C

* The above categorization of cities is based on the population as per MIB order dated 25th July 2011 [File
No. 104/2/2008-FM(Vol-111)]

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 Annexure-I1

Necessary bandwidth Calculation Method for Radar Applications for calculation

of Royalty charges:

The necessary bandwidth (20 dB Bandwidth) of the transmitted signal, as mentioned

in the manufacturer’s data sheet will be used to calculate spectrum charges. If the
manufacturer’s data sheet does not contain information on the bandwidth (20dB
bandwidth), the following formulate will be used:
For a non-FM modulated radar:

tr
Bn=1.79/Vt* or == ; whichever is less

For FM pulse radar:

Bn =1.79/Vttr + 2B.
*

For FM pulse radar (with frequency hopping):

Bn=1.79/Vttr *
+ 2Bc
For frequency hopping radars using non-FM pulses (including spread spectrum or
coded pulses:
Bn
=1.79/\ttr + B,
*

for FM/CW radars B(necessary) = 2Bq

Bn = 2Bq;

Where:
Bn = necessary bandwidth in MHz

Bc = bandwidth of the frequency deviation (the total frequency shift during the
pulse duration) in MHz.
Ba = bandwidth of the frequency deviation (peak difference between instantaneous
frequency of the modulated wave and the carrier frequency for FM/CW radar
systems) in MHz.
Bs = maximum range in MHz over which the carrier frequency will be shifted for a
frequency hopping radar.

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t = emitted pulse duration in p sec at 50% amplitude (voltage) points. For coded
pulses, the pulse duration is the interval between 50% amplitude points of one chip
(sub-pulse). The 100% amplitude is the nominal flat top level of the pulse.
tr =emitted pulse rise time in p sec from the 10% to the 90% amplitude points on the
leading edge. For coded pulse, it is the rise time of a sub-pulse; if the sub-pulse rise
time is not discernible, assume it is 40% of the time to switch from one phase or sub-
pulse to the next.
Radars will deploy best practices to reduce Unwanted Emissions (Out of band and
spurious emissions)

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