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SACFA. Standing Advisory Committee for Frequency Allocation (India)

Above ground level height of mast

As per the new simplified procedure of Standing Advisory Committee on radio Frequency Allocation ( SACFA) , all antenna towers/masts located beyond 07 kms from the nearest airport and having up to 40 meters height, above the Above Mean Sea Level (AMSL) of the Airport Reference Point are cleared in automated processing system.

Under this category siting clearance applications are received when the same or another applicant desires to put additional antenna on the tower below the earlier approved Antennae Siting Clearance. Application received under additional antenna category is accorded WPC acceptance no. after submission of application. Acceptance number itself is treated as Siting Clearance and no Siting Clearance letters etc. are required to be issued to the applicant.

Cases in specific frequency bands with limited power and located more than specific distance from airport are cleared immediately without NOC from SACFA members. As soon as the application is received, it is accorded WPC acceptance no. Acceptance number itself is treated as Siting Clearance and no Siting Clearance letters etc. are required to be issued to the applicant.

Above Mean sea level height of the location.

Above ground level height of the building.

Once grant of frequency is agreed by WPC wing and decision letter is issued, SACFA application may be filed online with the approved technical parameters mentioned in decision letter.

The updated version of UL/UL(VNO) license agreement is available on DoT Website. It can also be found at below mentioned links:

UL - https://dot.gov.in/circulars/license-agreement-unified-license-vno

VNO - https://dot.gov.in/circulars/license-agreement-unified-license

 

The applicant must be an Indian Company, registered under the Companies Act, 2013. UL and UL(VNO) can be applied by any  Indian companies except for Access Service Cat B authorisation under UL(VNO) which can be applied for by Indian companies, partnership firm, proprietorship firm, Shops and establishment and legal person.

The Applicant companies desirous of getting the Access Service Authorization under Unified License/UL-VNO may submit the application on portal i.e. https://saralsanchar.gov.in. The Applicant companies are required to do a one-time registration on the portal.

To download transaction receipts, the applicant has to follow below mentioned steps:

Step 1: Open https://bharatkosh.gov.in/ url in the web browser and click on track your Payment/ payment history (marked in image below).

Step 2:  On verify user webpage, please enter either your mobile number or email id of MTCTE account. Enter the capcha shown and press submit.

A OTP will come to either your email or phone no. Enter the OTP and submit. (Please wait for OTP for some time and if it is not working try with email if tried with mobile no. before or viceversa)

Step 3: All the transaction done on the MTCTE account with that email or mobile no. will be displayed, whether online or offline. To download the receipt, please click on any transaction number, the screen will come.