DoT flags applications for undersea cable stations
The Department of Telecommunications has expressed uneasiness over Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio and Sify Technologies applying for undersea cable landing station authorisations when these companies don’t have any stake in the cable networks they’re connecting to Indian internet networks, according to an RTI response obtained by The Hindu. Reliance Jio has applied for authorisations for landing the IAX and IEX international cable systems in India; Airtel has applied for the 2Africa and SEA-ME-WE-6 cable systems; and Sify has applied for authorisation for the Blue Raman cable system. While the DoT has flagged the concern over a lack of a stake, the licensor clarified in its RTI response that “based on the claims of the that they own the telecom resources within Indian territorial waters, they have been permitted to carry out survey/cable laying/repair and maintenance for respective cable systems.” The matter has been referred to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, which is conducting a public consultation process to issue policy recommendations. Licensees “shall make sure that they have significant stake in such entities on behalf of whom they are applying for security clearances else they don’t have any locus standi in the case,” the DoT had told Reliance Jio in a 2021 letter provided to The Hindu.
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