Telecom regulator Trai on Friday recommended the Government to issue a new licence in the virtual network operator (VNO) category for landline service at the district level. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has suggested the present licence of VNOs may be amended to enable to allow them use fixed line network of various telecom operators for providing the Electronic Private Automatic Branch Exchange (EPABX) services.
The VNOs are entities authorised to provide telecom services like mobile, landline and internet, but only as a retailer for full-fledged telecom operators such as BSNl, MTNl, Airtel and the like. The Department of Telecom (DoT) has already started issuing licence for VNOs.