The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has mandated that intra circle roaming facilities by telecom service providers be permitted in the disaster-stricken districts for 15 days. These intra circle roaming arrangements will be subjected to mutually agreed commercial terms.
Earlier in April 2015, DoT had directed operators to implement priority call routing facilities for personnel responsible for ‘response and recovery’ during disasters. The department also directed operators to transmit public alerts based on cell broadcast service or SMS service to subscribers in the affected districts during disasters and emergency. The content for these alerts will be provided by the concerned disaster management authorities or the state and central government.
