New Delhi: The Government tonight (Nov 11) issued guidelines for single licence for basic and cellular services, paving the way for basic operators like Reliance Infocomm to offer full mobility on its WLL phones.

As per the calculation provided in final guidelines, Reliance would have to shell out Rs 1,096.01 crore for migration to new regime besides a penalty.

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) had recommended a penalty of Rs 485 crore on Reliance for offering roaming-like services on its WLL phones.

With this, the Government has also issued an addendum to the existing NTP '99 and decided that there will be two additional categories of licences for telecom services.

One is for unified access (basic and cellular) services permitting players to provide basic or cellular service using any technology in a defined service area and another for unified licence for telecom services permitting service providers to offer all telecom or telegraph services covering various geographical areas using any technology, an official release said.

PTI