The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has urged all unregistered machine to machine service providers (M2M SPs) and WPAN/WLAN connectivity providers for M2M services, to register with DoT, on the Saral Sanchar portal, latest by September 30, 2024, to avoid disruption of their M2M services. Non-compliance may lead to withdrawal or disconnection of telecom resources obtained from the authorised telecom licensees. The extended timeline for registration of all unregistered entities, who have obtained telecom resources from authorised telecom licensees in the past, ends on September 30, 2024.
Earlier in February 2022, the Department had issued detailed guidelines for registration of allM2M SPs and WPAN/WLAN connectivity providers for M2M Services after considering the recommendations of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and views of M2M industry stakeholders.
Subsequently, in order to proliferate the standard-based and secure M2M and internet of things (IoT) ecosystem, the scope of the registration was extended to allow all types of business
Entities such as companies, government departments/organisations, partnership firms, LLPs, institutions, undertakings, proprietorship firms, societies and trusts to apply for registration as M2M SPs and WPAN/WLAN connectivity provider for M2M services.
