Zee Media Bureau
New Delhi: Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has amended terms and conditions for issuing no objection certificate for sale and rent of international roaming SIM cards/global calling card in India.
"The NOC shall be issued initially for a period of three years and shall be renewed on the request of the Company for the period of three years", a DoT circular said. Earlier, it was given for one year.
"The cards being offered to Indian Customers will be for use only outside India. However, if it is essential to activate the card for making test calls/emergent calls before the departure of customer and /or after the arrival of the customer, the same shall be permitted for forty eight (48) hours only prior to departure from India and twenty four (24) hours after arrival in India," the circular further said.
Calls made from India through these calling cards shall be international roaming calls.
DoT said that photo and address ID proof will be required for verification of users before being issued the card. A copy of the users' passport and valid visa will also be obtained for the purpose, the DoT said.
"Complete details of such global cards (including the period) along with full particulars, including address of the person to whom the international roaming cards has been sold/rented, shall be provided to the designated security agencies periodically on monthly basis," it said.
