Centre notifies telecom regulatory sandbox rules, allows temporary exemptions for testing new technologies

New Delhi, Oct 22 (UNI) The Centre has notified new rules allowing telecom companies, research institutions and other eligible applicants to test innovative telecommunications technologies, services and business models in a controlled regulatory environment, with provisions for temporary exemptions from specified regulatory requirements. The Telecommunications (Regulatory Sandbox) Rules, 2026, notified by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) under the Telecommunications Act, 2023, came into force on October 21 following their publication in the Gazette of India. Under the new framework, the Central government can establish one or more regulatory sandboxes to facilitate the testing of telecommunications services, networks, equipment, processes, technologies,…