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Glossary of terms

Glossary of terms

A B C D E F G I K L M N O P Q R S T U V W
DSNG

(DSNG 9OB vans etc) Digital Satellite News Gathering, refers to the use of satellite technology to transmit news footage and live broadcasts from remote locations directly to news studios

DTH

Direct To Home- Direct broadcast satellite service provider give subscription based TV service

eForm INC-18

eForm INC-18 – Application to Regional Director for conversion of section 8 company into any other kind of company

eForm INC-22

eForm INC-22- Notice of situation or change of address of the registered office of the company

EMF
Electro Magnetic Field
Entry fee
One time non-refundable Entry Fee fixed by DoT has to be paid by the Licensee prior to signing of the License agreement.
ER

Essential Requirements

ETA

ETA (Equipment Type Approval)

FAT
Free Air Time
Fixed license fee regime
During the National Telecom Policy-1994 regime, licensees were selected through a bidding process and were to pay to the Government a fixed amount of annual license fee, agreed during the bidding process.
FOC
Free of Cost
FTT
Full talk time
GBT

Ground Based Tower

GMDSS

Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) is the technical, operational, and administrative structure for maritime distress and safety communications worldwide

GMPCS
Global Mobile Personal Communication by Satellite (GMPCS) Service
GoPA
Grant of Permission Agreement issued by MIB (Ministry of Information and Broadcasting)
GR
GR - The Gross Revenue shall be inclusive of installation charges, late fees, sale proceeds of handsets (or any other terminal equipment etc.), revenue on account of interest, dividend, value added services, supplementary services, access or interconnection charges, roaming charges, revenue from permissible sharing of infrastructure and any other miscellaneous revenue, without any set-off for related item of expense, etc.
GSM
Global System for Mobile communication is a technology for providing wireless services.
I4C

 Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C) was established by MHA, in New Delhi to provide a framework and eco-system for Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) for dealing with Cybercrime in a coordinated and comprehensive manner

ICNIRP
International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP)
IFMC
In-Flight and Maritime Connectivity (IFMC)
ILD

International Long-Distance Service (ILD) Service - The ILD Service is basically a network carriage service (also called Bearer) providing International connectivity to the Network operated by foreign carriers.

IMCSNC

Inter Ministerial Committee for Satellite Network Clearance (IMCSNC)

INSAT

India National Satellite System- INSAT

Installation charges
Charges for installation of customer terminal equipment
Interconnection charges
A ‘charge’ levied by network operators on other service providers to recover the costs of the interconnection facilities (including the hardware and software for routing, signaling, and other basic service functions) provided by the network operators
Internet
Internet telephony offers digital telecommunications services based on Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) that are provisioned via the Internet
IOT
Inter Operator Traffic
IP-1
Infrastructure for internet and telecom cable services
IP-II
Infrastructure provider category- II - An IP-II license can lease / rent out /sell end to end bandwidth i.e. digital transmission capacity capable to carry a message. Issuance of IP-II License has been discontinued w.e.f. 14.12.05