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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-21012026-269488
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 47]
NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2026
MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 20th January, 2026
G.S.R.47(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 4 and 7 of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885
(13 of 1885) and sections 4 and 10 of the Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1933 (17 of 1933), the Central Government
hereby makes the following rules, namely:—
1. Short title and commencement. — (1) These rules may be called the Use of Low Power and Very Low
Power Wireless Access System including Radio Local Area Network in Lower 6 GHz band (Exemption from
Licensing Requirement) Rules, 2026.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. Application. — These rules shall apply in the frequency band 5925 – 6425 MHz.
3. Definitions. — (1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, —
(a) "access point" means a transceiver that operates either as a bridge in a peer-to-peer connection or as a
connector between the wired and wireless segments of the network;
(b) "Contention-based protocol" means a protocol that allows multiple users to share the same spectrum by
defining the events that occurs when two or more transmitters attempt to simultaneously access the same
channel which may consist of procedures for initiating new transmissions, procedures for determining the
state of the channel (available or unavailable), and procedures for managing retransmissions in the event of a
busy channel;
(c) "device" means the radiators operating in the frequency band 5925-6425 MHz that use wideband digital
modulation techniques and provide a wide array of high data rate in mobile and fixed communications for
individuals, businesses and institutions;
(d) "emission bandwidth" means the 26 dB bandwidth of the modulated signal measured relative to the
maximum level of the modulated carrier;
(e) "equivalent isotropic radiated power” or “e.i.r.p" means the total power that would be radiated by a
hypothetical isotropic antenna to give the same signal strength as the actual source in the direction of the
strongest beam of the antenna;
(f) "indoor operation" means that the transmitter is located inside premises which are wholly enclosed by
walls that are non-transparent to radio waves, except for any doors, windows or passageways and the
premises have ceiling or roof that are non-transparent to radio waves;
(g) “maximum power spectral density" or "Max. PSD” means the maximum power within the specified
measurement bandwidth, within the device operating band; measurements in the 5925-6425 MHz band are
made over a bandwidth of 1 MHz;
(h) "power spectral density" means the total energy output per unit bandwidth from a pulse or sequence of
pulses for which the transmit power is at its maximum level, divided by the total duration of the pulses and
the total time which shall not include the time between pulses during which the transmit power is off or
below its maximum level.
(2) The words and expressions used in these rules and not defined but defined in the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885
(13 of 1885) and the Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1933 (17 of 1933) shall have the meanings respectively
assigned to them in the said Acts.
4. Exemption. — No licence or frequency assignment shall be required by any person to establish, maintain,
work, possess or deal in any wireless equipment for the purpose of low power indoor and very low power outdoor
wireless access systems, including radio local area networks operating in the frequency band 5925-6425 MHz on non-
interference, non-protection and shared (non-exclusive) basis, and complying with the following technical parameters
as specified in the Table below, namely:—
Table
(Low power indoor and very low power outdoor Wireless Access System or Radio Local Area Network Access
Points and devices)
+----+---------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------+
| S1 | Device type | Maximum power | Maximum equivalent | Maximum | Out of band |
| No | | spectral density | isotropic radiated | emission | emissions |
| | | equivalent isotropic | power for in band | bandwidth | (Maximum power |
| | | radiated power for in- | emissions | | spectral density) |
| | | band emissions | | | |
+====+=====================+=========================================================+===============================+==========================+==========================+
| (1)| (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) |
+----+---------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------+
| 1. | Low power indoor | 11 dBm/MHz | 30 dBm | 320 MHz | -27 dBm/MHz |
+----+---------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------+
| 2. | Very low power | 1 dBm/MHz | 14 dBm | 320 MHz | -27 dBm/MHz |
| | outdoor | | | | |
+----+---------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------+
5. Operational restrictions. — (1) Frequency band 5925 – 6425 MHz shall be prohibited on oil platforms.
(2) Indoor use shall be prohibited on land vehicles (such as cars or trains), boats and aircrafts except when flying
above ten thousand feet.
(3) Communication with and control of drones and unmanned aerial systems shall be prohibited.
(4) Devices operating in the frequency band 5925 – 6425 MHz shall employ a contention-based protocol.
6. Out of band emission limits for transmitters operating within the frequency band 5925 – 6425 MHz. —
(1) Any emissions outside the frequency band 5925 – 6425 MHz shall not exceed an equivalent isotropic radiated
power of-27 dBm/MHz.
(2) Power spectral density shall be suppressed by 20 dB at 1 MHz outside of channel edge, by 28 dB at one
channel bandwidth from the channel centre, and by 40 dB at one and one-half times the channel bandwidth away from
channel centre.
(3) At frequencies between one megahertz outside channel edge and one channel bandwidth from the centre of
the channel, the limits referred to in sub-rule (2) shall be linearly interpolated between 20 dB and 28 dB suppression,
and at frequencies between one and one and one-half times channel bandwidth, the limits shall be linearly interpolated
between 28 dB and 40 dB suppression.
(4) Emissions removed from the channel centre by more than one and one-half times the channel bandwidth shall
be suppressed by at least 40 dB.
(5) The emission measurements shall be performed using a minimum resolution bandwidth of 1 MHz and a
lower resolution bandwidth may be employed near the band edge, when necessary, provided the measured energy is
integrated to show the total power over 1 MHz.
(6) When measuring the emission limits, the nominal carrier frequency shall be adjusted as close to the upper
and lower frequency band edges as the design of the equipment permits.
7. Interference.— (1) Where any person to whom a licence have been issued under the provisions of section 4
of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 (13 of 1885) and section 4 of the Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1933 (17 of
1933), informs the Central Government or any officer authorized by it for this purpose that his licensed system is
receiving harmful interference from any other radio communication system exempted under these rules, then such
Central Government or any officer authorized by it for this purpose shall call upon the user of such exempted wireless
equipment to take necessary steps to avoid interference by relocating the equipment, reducing the power and using
special type of antennae, failing which such Central Government or any officer authorized by it for this purpose shall
recommend discontinuation of such wireless use.
(2) The user of wireless equipment shall be given a reasonable opportunity of being heard before any
recommendation of discontinuation of wireless use under sub-rule (1) is made.
Explanation. - For the purposes of this rule, the expression "interference” means the effect of unwanted energy due to
one or a combination of emissions, radiations or induction upon reception in a radio communication system,
manifested by any performance degradation, misinterpretation, or loss of information, which could have been
extracted in the absence of such unwanted energy.
8. Equipment. — (1) The wireless equipment shall have in-built and integrated antenna and shall be type
approved, designed and manufactured so that the bandwidth of emission and other parameters shall conform to the
limits specified in rules 4, 5 and 6.
(2) The application for obtaining equipment type approval shall be made in the format specified in the Schedule
annexed to these rules.
(3) The safety related requirements shall be in accordance with the international or national standards such as the
International Telecommunication Union or European Telecommunications Standards Institute or the American
National Standards Institute or the Bureau of Indian Standards or International Commission on Non-Ionizing
Radiation Protection for the respective devices and frequency bands.
SCHEDULE
(APPLICATION FOR EQUIPMENT TYPE APPROVAL)
[ See rule 8(2)]
Section-A- Applicant
1. Name of manufacturing agency applying
for equipment type approval
2. Postal Address of manufacturing Agency
3. Name and address of Indian agency
applying for the type approval.
4. Name of product and the product
Identification (model number, etc.,)
Section- B- Details of Transmitter
5. Frequency range
6. Number of preset switchable channels
7. Number of voice or Data or TV Channels
(In case of multi- channel equipment)
8. Tx-Rx channel separation
(In case of Duplex or multi-channel equipment)
9. Adjacent channel separation
(In case of multi-channel equipment)
10. Frequency stability
11. Spurious or Harmonic radiations
(a) Carrier suppression
(In case of carrier suppressed systems)
(b) Unwanted side band suppression
(In case of SSB systems)
(c) 2nd Harmonic radiations
(d) 3rd Harmonic radiations
12. Maximum Frequency Deviation
13. Mode of emission
14. Bandwidth of emission
15. Test Tone deviation
16. Base band frequency
(In case of multi-channel equipment)
17. Type of modulation to be required
18. Pre-emphasis
19. Power output
(At the input of antenna)
20. Any other information
Section-C- Details of Receivers
21. Frequency range
22. Mode of reception
23. Spurious response of receiver
24. Sensitivity
25. Frequency stability
26. (a) Effective noise temperature
(b) Threshold input level
27. Intermediate frequency
28. De-emphasis
29. Selectivity
30. Any other particulars
Signature of the applicant
Place :
Date :
(Note : Separate application should be submitted for each type of equipment.)
[F. No. 24-04/2025-UBB]
DEVENDRA KUMAR RAI, Jt. Secy.
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Date: 2026.01.21 16:10:21 +05'30'