Saral Sanchar Portal Registration 2024 & Login at saralsanchar.gov.in | DoT Extends M2M, WPAN/WLAN Registration to All Entities

Saral Sanchar portal registration and login process available at saralsanchar.gov.in. Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on 7th Jan 2024 extended Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Wireless Personal Area Network/Wireless Local Area Network (WPAN/WLAN) registration to all entities engaged in such businesses. 

All business entities, including companies, government departments and organisations, partnership firms, among others, engaged in M2M service provisioning and WPAN/WPLAN connectivity provisioning are advised to register with the telecom department through the SaralSanchar portal online. Read this article till the end to know how to make saralsanchar.gov.in portal registration and login.

Saral Sanchar Portal Registration 2024 & Login

• First of all, visit the Saral Sanchar Portal at https://saralsanchar.gov.in/

• If you are new to saralsanchar portal, then click at "Register Yourself" tab.
• Then the page to make Saral Sanchar Portal registration 2024 will open.

• Enter all the asked details and click at "Validate" button to complete Saral Sanchar registration process.
• Then make Saral Sanchar Portal login using "Login" link present on the homepage.

• Enter UserId, Password, Security Code and click at "Login" button to make saralsanchar.gov.in login.
• You can also retract Password, User ID by clicking at "Forgot Password?" and "Forgot User ID?" links respectively. 

DoT Extends M2M, WPAN/WLAN Registration to All Entities

DoT on 7th Jan 2024 extended M2M and WPAN/WLAN registration to all entities engaged in such businesses. All business entities, including companies, government departments and organisations, partnership firms, among others, engaged in M2M service provisioning and WPAN/WPLAN connectivity provisioning are advised to register with the telecom department through the SaralSanchar portal online, according to an official statement by the Ministry of Communications. 

"Non-compliance may lead to withdrawal or disconnection of telecom resources obtained from the Authorized Telecom Licensees," the ministry said in the statement. The ministry said the decision has been taken to extend the scope of the registration to proliferate the standard-based and secure M2M/IoT ecosystem. It also addresses the concerns of M2M service providers and WPAN/WLAN connectivity providers for M2M services, related to interface with telecom operators, KYC, security, encryption, and others, it added. 

"After considering the recommendations of TRAI on 'Spectrum, Roaming and Quality of service (QoS) related requirements in M2M Communications' and views of M2M industry stakeholders. the government has decided to issue the guidelines for 'Registration process of M2M Service Providers (M2MSP) & WPAN/WLAN Connectivity Providers for M2M Services," the ministry said in the statement. 

DoT Guidelines for M2M, WPAN/WLAN Connectivity Providers 

As per the DoT's guidelines, WPAN/WLAN connectivity providers are authorised to use WPAN/WLAN technologies in unlicensed spectrum/frequency exempt band to provide connectivity for M2M services. The WPAN/WLAN connectivity providers's network has to mandatorily connect to a licensed telecom operator's network for backhaul connectivity. It said that the registrant shall adhere to Know Your Customer (KYC) and related guidelines issued by the authority from time to time for all telecom resources including SIM-enabled devices and numbering resources. 

"(a) The details of all the customers of M2M services including physical custodian of machines fitted with SIMs, shall be maintained by M2MSP. Updated information regarding (a) details of M2M end device i.e. IMEI, ESN etc., (b) Make, Model, Registration number etc. of the machines (i.e. Cars, Utility Meters, POS etc.) & (c) corresponding physical custodian’s name and address shall be made available to Authorized Telecom Licensee and designated Authority by M2MSP. Any changes in customers and machines details shall be updated," as per the guidelines. 

Further, the telecom department's guidelines have an extensive focus on security technical conditions, among other modalities. "Registrant shall induct only those devices/equipment in the network which meet TEC standards and certifications, wherever specified as mandatory by the Authority from time to time and in the absence of mandatory TEC standard, the Registrant may deploy those devices/ equipment that meet the relevant Indian standards set by National and International standardization bodies..The entity who is inducting the devices/equipment in the network shall be individually responsible for complying the requirement stipulated in the clause," the guidelines state. 

What is National Digital Communication Policy

It is to be noted that the National Digital Communication Policy aims at creating a robust digital communication infrastructure, enable next-generation technologies, and ensuring a holistic and harmonised approach for harnessing emerging technologies such as M2M/loT.

About Saral Sanchar Portal

The Indian Telecommunications Sector has grown rapidly in the last few years. While Government reforms and initiatives have played a very important part,industry has been the major driver of this remarkable growth. The Department of Telecommunications is striving to play the role of an enabler for the growth of the telecommunications sector and thereby, of the digital economy.

Department of Telecom has taken some significant measures to improve the ease of doing business. It has been its endeavour to provide an environment, which is fair and transparent, encourages competition, promotes a level-playing field for all service providers, protects the interest of consumers and enables technological benefits to one and all.

"SARAL SANCHAR (Simplified Application For Registration and Licenses)" a Web based Portal, for Issuing of various types of Licenses and Registration certificates is part of various Digital initiatives being taken by Department of Telecommunications. It is a unified portal to issue various types of Licenses and registrations in a digitized manner which will not only ensure transparency but also make the process more efficient. This will pave the way for a paperless,secure and hasslefree platform for various applicants.

The Saral Sanchar Portal in its present form covers receipt of applications from applicants for issue of new Unified Licenses and WPC Licenses . Applicants can apply for filling up the prescribed application form online and upload the documents and application form with digital signature. The portal envisages that applicant gets prompts and alerts at various stages of application submission so that all necessary requirements are complied before submitting the application.

Types of Licenses/ Authorizations/ Registrations/ Clearances Issued 

The following types of Licenses/Authorizations/Registrations/Clearances shall be issued from this portal along with Lifecycle Activities like Renewal/Amendment/Surrender:-

• Unified License
• Unified License-Virtual Network Operator
• PM-WANI Registration
• M2M Registrations
• WPC Network, Non Network and DPL/NDPL Licenses
• WPC Import Licenses
• WPC Experimental, Manufacturing and Demonstration Licenses
• WPC - Certificate of Proficiency Licenses (HAM, RTR, GMDSS)
• SACFA Clearances

Salient Features of Saralsanchar Portal

• Single Interface for all Licenses and Registrations.
• End to End paperless workflow.
• Seamless flow of application between application and DoT user.
• Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) based submission of application and documents.
• Dashboards to view status of various applications processed.
• Management Information System (MIS) reporting module.

For more details, click the link - https://dot.gov.in/saral-sanchar