Chapter 3: Role of WPC and SACFA Clearances (PDF)

CHAPTER III ROLE OF WPC AND SACFA CLEARANCES 3.1. INTRODUCTION: 3.1.1 WIRELESS PLANNING & COORDINATION WING. The WIRELESS PLANNING & COORDINATION (WPC) Wing of the Ministry of Communications, created in 1952, is...

CHAPTER III ROLE OF WPC AND SACFA CLEARANCES 3.1. INTRODUCTION: 3.1.1 WIRELESS PLANNING & COORDINATION WING. The WIRELESS PLANNING & COORDINATION (WPC) Wing of the Ministry of Communications, created in 1952, is the national radio regulatory authority responsible for frequency spectrum management, including licensing and caters for the needs of all wireless users (government and private) in the country. It exercises the statutory functions of the Central Government and issues licenses to establish, maintain and operate wireless stations. WPC is divided into major sections like Licensing and Receival (LR), New Technology Group (NTG) and Standing Advisory Committee on Radio Frequency Allocation (SACFA). SACFA makes the recommendations on major frequency allocation issues, formulation of the frequency allocation plan, making recommendations on the various issues related to International Telecom Union (ITU), to sort out problems referred to the committee by various wireless users, Siting clearance of all wireless installations in the country etc. 3.1.2 The Standing Advisory Committee on Radio Frequency Allocations (SACFA) is a high level committee chaired by Secretary (DOT)/Chairman, Telecom Commission. Heads of major wireless users/administrative ministries of the Govt. of India, Member (Technology), Telecom Commission, and Wireless Adviser to the Govt. of India, Joint Secretary, DoT are its members. WPC wing of the Ministry of Communications provides secretarial help to the committee. Joint Wireless Adviser, WPC wing is the member-secretary of the Committee. Executive Director-Telecom Development ( ED-TD) Railway Board is member of SACFA representing Ministry of Railways. 3.1.3 The main functions of the committee are to make recommendations on:-  Major frequency allocation issues,  Formulation of National Frequency Allocation Plan,  Making recommendations on various issues related to International Telecommunications Union (ITU),  Asia Pacific Telecommunity (APT),  To sort out the problems referred to the committee by various wireless users, siting clearance of all wireless installations in the country, etc. 3.1.4 SACFA clearances are issued after getting 'no objection' from various SACFA members who have to carry out detailed technical evaluation including field surveys, etc. At times they have to obtain evaluations from their field units. The technical evaluation is done primarily for- a) Aviation hazards. Indian Railways Telecom Manual - 2021 Page 20  b) Obstruction to line of sight of existing/planned networks c) Interference (Electro Magnetic Interference (EMI)/Electro Magnetic Compatibility (EMC)) to existing and proposed networks. 3.1.5. SACFA Monitoring cell headed by CCE of the railway shall monitor the timely disposal of pending and new cases. The cell shall maintain the concern data on PC with the help of nominated official/supervisor. 3.2. CATEGORIES OF SITES FOR WIRELESS STATIONS: 3.2.1 Mast Height Category: 3.2.1.1 Sites for VHF/UHF: Those fixed wireless stations whose mast/tower height do not exceed 30 meters above ground level and are operating in certain frequency bands with limited output power as given below are covered under this category: a) (i) All VHF stations below 174 MHz with power output of 50 watts or less except broadcast stations. (ii) All VHF stations in the frequency range 174-230 MHz with output power up to 25 watts except broadcast stations. b) All VHF/ UHF stations with a power output of 10 watts or less. Siting Applications of the above wireless stations are to be forwarded to the members of SACFA listed in Annexure-I in the application form (WPC S-1). 3.2.1.2 Sites for V-SAT/ Micro-Earth Stations (C-, Extended C and KU bands) with power output up to 5 watts: (A) Antenna size- up to 4.0 Meters: In case the total height of antenna including support structure is 30mteres or less from the ground level, the siting application need to be processed under Mast Height Category and Siting applications need to be circulated to members of SACFA as per Annexure -IV using the proforma (WPC S- 4). (B) Antenna size- More than 4.0 Meters: If the antenna height is more than 4 metres but less than 20 metres AGL and the distance from airport reference point is less than 7 kms, clearance need to be obtained from Army Hqs., Air Hqs., Naval Hqs., JCES and AAI under Mast Height Category. If the distance of the site is more than 7 km from airport reference point and antenna height is less than 20 metres 'no objection' is to be obtained from AAI only. The siting applications of the above stations may be forwarded to SACFA members as per list at Annexure-IV in application form (WPC S-4). Indian Railways Telecom Manual - 2021 Page 21 3.2.2 Exemption from Mast Height Clearance: 3.2.2.1 Sites for VHF/UHF: Those mast height cases which satisfy the following conditions are exempted from mast height clearance:- (i) Antenna mast should be installed on the rooftop of the building. (ii) The height of mast including antenna to be installed on the rooftop should not be more than 3 meters. (iii) The site should be at least 3 KM away from the nearest airport. 3.2.2.2 Sites for V-SAT, Micro-Earth Stations ( C, EXTENDED C & KU bands with power output upto 5 watts: (A) Antenna size- 1.8/ 2.4 Meters: If the antenna is to be installed on the rooftop of an existing building with mast height not exceeding 3 metres from rooftop and which is at least 3 kms away from the nearest airport 'no objection' from Department / Organization may not be necessary. These cases will be processed under Mast Height Exemption Category. The site details are to be furnished to Secretary SACFA in the Mast Height (VSAT) application proforma (WPC S-4). (B) Antenna size- More than 2.4 Meters and up to 3.8 meters: If the antenna diameter of VSAT is more than 2.4metres and upto 3.8 metres and antenna height up to 4 metres above ground level beyond the distance of 7 km from airport reference point (ARP) 'no objection' from any of the Departments may not be necessary. These cases will be processed under Mast Height Exemption (VSAT). 3.2.2.3 The procedure for fast-track clearances of applications for mast height exemption is given in Annexure IX 3.3 Full Siting Category: The following fixed stations are covered under the full siting category: 3.3.1 (i) All VHF stations below 174 MHz with power output more than 50 watts. (ii) All VHF stations in the frequency range 174-230 MHz with power output more than 25 watts. All UHF stations with power output more than 10 watts 3.3.2 Station in microwave, line of sight, radio-relay systems. Indian Railways Telecom Manual - 2021 Page 22 3.3.3 All radar stations, Satellite Communication System (including Earth stations), radio navigation and radio location system. 3.3.4 All VSATs / micro-earth stations with transmitter power more than 5 watts 3.3.5 Receiving stations in services like Space Research, Radio astronomy and other sensitive receiving systems operating above 1 Ghz. 3.3.6 Any other change in existing parameters other than reduction in power and mast height of the approved parameters. The siting applications for the above stations are to apply to members as per list at Annexure-II in application form (WPC S-2). 3.4 Additional Antenna Category: 3.4.1 Sites for VHF, UHF and Microwave: All those antennas which are to be installed on the existing mast, already cleared under full siting category, fall under this category. The application is to be circulated to all SACFA members as per Annexure -III in the application form (WPC S-3) but the site is cleared by SACFA Sectt after ensuring receipt of applications by all members of SACFA except cases falling under DIZ area for which clearance from JCES is necessary. Wherever tower space is being leased to private operators, it has to be through RCIL, the application shall be processed by the private operator quoting the full siting clearance approval that was obtained by railways. 3.4.2 Sites for Earth Station: The Earth Station dishes within 50 mts. from an already cleared site may be treated under this category provided the height of proposed installation, including, building height does not exceed the height of already cleared site/mast. 3.5 The procedure for fast-track clearances of applications under additional antenna category is given in Annexure-X. 3.6 GUIDELINES FOR FILLING UP SITING APPLICATIONS: 3.6.1. Application forms for all categories of siting may be obtained from SACFA secretariat and necessary information may be furnished keeping in view the following:- (i) Six digit coordinates of the site are necessary. These six figure coordinates may be taken with the help of GPS system or any other method for accuracy. (ii) The height of the site above mean sea level (AMSL) should be obtained from Survey of India or any other agency except in the case of additional antenna Indian Railways Telecom Manual - 2021 Page 23  category for which a copy of the earlier SACFA clearance and AAIs clearance for that site is mandatory. (iii) Name of the nearest airport and its distance from the site should be mentioned in the application for categories of siting. This information is also supplied by survey of India on demand. (iv) If the site is within 5 kms from the airport then the site map should be authenticated by either the nearest airport authority or any other government organization such as municipal corporation/local town planning committee, etc distance of the site from airport may also be authenticated. (v) (a) The map should be of scale of 1 cm = 1 km or nearest and should cover an area of 12 kms radius around the site. (b) The following should be marked clearly on the map: (i) scale of the map (ii) location of the site (iii) name and geo-coordinates of the site (c) Map should contain at least two parallel lines of latitude and longitude. (vi) Geo-coordinates of the site on the map should be authenticated by the applicant himself. 3.6.2 Applications hard copy along with soft copy be submitted for examination, verification and issue of ID Nos. to SACFA secretariat. Software is available from SACFA Secretariate. 3.6.3 Not more than 5 applications should be submitted in one bunch. 3.6.4 Separate application forms are to be filled for different frequency band and different site. 3.6.5 After issue of ID Nos., siting application is to be circulated as per list applicable to each category of siting clearance. A forwarding letter issued by SACFA is also to be attached with the siting application. 3.6.6 The applications for additional antenna category need to be circulated to all members of SACFA but no NOC from any member is necessary for approval of site except sites which fall in DIZ area for which NOC from JCES is necessary. 3.6.7 A copy of the agreement letter assigning the frequencies from WPC should be attached with application. 3.6.8 A copy of DOT’s license agreement may also be endorsed in case of value added service. Indian Railways Telecom Manual - 2021 Page 24 3.7 CLEARANCE OF SACFA CASES FROM RAILWAYS On receipt of the proposal for site clearance the following aspects have to be checked from railways activity point of view: 3.7.1 FREQUENCY: The frequency of the proposal and the band at which it is proposed is to be cross checked with the allotted frequencies and frequency bands of Railways and clearance can be given if it is not interfering with Railway frequency. In case if the proposal frequency and band are adjacent to the railway working frequency a condition has to be imposed in the no objection certification that permission is given provided the transmission won’t interfere with the railway frequency. 3.7.2 SITE: The Longitude and Latitude of the proposed site has to be cross checked with the existing Longitude and Latitude of the railway communication site. If the Longitude and Latitude are very near to the railway site, the locations have to be physically checked on the topography map for clearance of signal. 3.7.3 TOWER HEIGHT: When the proposal is near to Longitude and Latitude for the railway site then the tower height proposed has to be cross checked for any interference in the path of the railway communication. 3.7.4. TRANSMITTER POWER: The transmitter power of the proposal has to be cross checked whenever the proposal is nearer to the railway site and a conditional certificate should be given for avoiding spurious signal from the transmitter. 3.8 Further information on the role of WPC and SACFA and the procedures to be followed can be obtained from https://dot.gov.in/spectrum-management/2457. Indian Railways Telecom Manual - 2021 Page 25  ANNEXURE-I List of SACFA members to whom the application for Mast Height (general) Category needs to be circulated No. of copies Name & Designation Deptt. Address for communications to be sent Addl. Director General Army Room No. 634, A-Wing, Sena 2 (TT) Hqrs. Bhavan, New Delhi – 110011. Director (Signals) Naval Room No.33, Sena Bhavan, C- 2 Hqrs. Wing, New Delhi 110011. Principal Director Air Room No. 514, Vayu Bhavan, 2 (Sigs) Hqrs. New Delhi – 110011. General Manager AAI Room No. 128, Rajiv Gandhi 2 (ATM) Bhavan, Safdarjung Airport,New Delhi – 110003 Joint Wireless WPC Room No 607, Sanchar 2 Adviser, Secretary, Wing Bhavan,New Delhi - 110 001 SACFA Director JCES Cabinet Secretariat, Military 1 Wing,Room No. 5, Plot No.108, Church Road, New Delhi. Director General IMD Room No. 606, Mausam 1 Bhavan, Lodhi Road, New Delhi- 110003 Indian Railways Telecom Manual - 2021 Page 26  ANNEXURE –II List of SACFA members to whom the siting application under full siting category need to be circulated No. of Name & Deptt. Address for communications copies to Designation be sent Engineer in All India Room No.141 Akashvani Bhavan, 1 Chief Radio Parliament Street, New Delhi -110001. Engineer in Doordarshan Room No.502 Mandi House, 1 Chief Copernics Marg, New Delhi-110001 Director JCES Cabinet Secretariat, Military Wing, 1 Room No. 34, Plot No.108, Church road, New Delhi. VSM, Addl. Army Hqrs. Room No.634, A-Wing ,Sena Bhavan, 4 Director New Delhi – 110011. General (TT) Director Naval Hqrs. Room No. 33, Sena Bhavan, C-Wing, 1 (Signals) New Delhi-110011 Principal Air Hqrs. Room No.514, Vayu Bhavan, New 1 Director(Sigs) Delhi-110011. Sr. DDG (TX) BSNL Room No.601, Statesman House, 2 Barakhamba Road, New Delhi - 110001. Director DCPW Room No.300, Block No. 09, CGO 4 Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi- 110003. Executive Ministry of Room No. 152, Railway Board, Rail A list of Director Railways Bhavan, New Delhi- 110 001. sites (Telecom) circulated to the concerned Rly. Zones General AAI No.128, Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan, 1 Manager Safdarjung Airport, New Delhi- (ATM) 110003. Director Light house A-13, Sector 24, NOIDA, Gautam 1 (Electronic) and light Buddha Nagar. UP- 201301. ships, Ministry of Transport Dy. General VSNL Room No.400, 4th Floor, Videsh 1 Manager (TP) Sanchar Bhavan, M.G. Road, Fort, Bombay-400001. Director IMD Room No.606, Mausam Bhavan, Lodhi 1 General Road, New Delhi 110003 Indian Railways Telecom Manual - 2021 Page 27 Director DOS Room No.304, Antariksh Bhavan, 1 ISRO Hqrs., Frequency Management, New Bel Road, Bangalore – 560094. Chief Engineer ONGC 12th Floor, Scope Minar, Laxmi Nagar, 3 (E&T) Vikas Marg, New Delhi 110092. Sr. Director Deptt. Of Room No.4003, Electronics Niketan, 6, 1 Information CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi Technology – 110003. DDG NIC Room No.227, NIC Building, CGO 1 Complex, Block-A, Lodhi Road, New Delhi – 110003. Director (WM) Wireless Room No 321, Wireless Monitoring 1 Monitoring organization, E-Wing, Pushpa Bhavan, Organisation New Delhi – 110062. (DOT) Joint Wireless WPC WING Room No 607, Sanchar Bhavan, New 2 Adviser Delhi - 110 001. Secretary, SACFA Indian Railways Telecom Manual - 2021 Page 28  ANNEXURE -III List of SACFA members to whom the siting application for additional antenna category needs to be circulated Name & No. of copies Deptt. Address for communications Designation to be sent Engineer-in- All India Room No.141, Akashvani, Bhavan 1 Chief Radio Parliament Street, New Delhi - 110001. Engineer-in- Doordarshan Room No. 502, Mandi House, 1 Chief Copernics Marg, New Delhi –11. Director JCES Cabinet Secretariat, Military Wing, 1 Room No. 5, Plot No.108, Church Road, New Delhi. Addl. Director Army Hqrs. Room No. 634, A-Wing ,Sena 1 General (TT) Bhavan, New Delhi – 110011. Director Naval Hqrs. Room No.33, Sena Bhavan, C- Wing, 1 (Signals) New Delhi 110011. Principal Air Hqrs. Room No. 514, Vayu Bhavan, New 1 Director(Sigs) Delhi – 110011. DDG(TX) BSNL Room No. 601, Sanchar Bhavan, 20, 2 Ashoka Road, New Delhi - 110 001. Director DCPW Room No.300, Block No. 09, CGO 1 Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi – 110003. Executive Ministry of Room No.152, Railway Board, Rail 1 Director Railways Bhavan, New Delhi - 110 001. (Telecom) General AAI Room No. 128, Rajiv Gandhi 1 Manager Bhavan, Safdarjung Airport, New (ATM) Delhi – 110003. Director Light house A-13, Sector 24, NOIDA, Gautam 1 (Electronics) and light Buddha Nagar, UP – 201301 ships, Ministry of Transport Director IMD Room No. 606, Mausam Bhavan, 1 General Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003 Director DOS Room No. 304 , Antariksh Bhavan, 1 ISRO Hqrs., Frequency Management, New Bel Road, Bangalore - 560094 Chief ONGC 12th Floor, Scope Minar, Vikas Marg, 1 Engineer Laxmi Nagar, New Delhi-110092. (E&T) Indian Railways Telecom Manual - 2021 Page 29 Sr. Director Ministry of Room No4003, Electronics Niketan, 1 Information 6, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Technology Delhi – 110003. DDG NIC Room No.227, NIC Building, CGO 1 Complex, Block-A, Lodhi Road, New Delhi –110003. Director Wireless Room No 321, Wireless Monitoring 1 (WM) Monitoring organization, E-Wing, Pushpa Organisation Bhavan, New Delhi-110062 (DOT) Joint WPC WING Room No 607, Sanchar Bhavan, 2 Wireless New Delhi - 110 001. Adviser Secretary, SACFA Indian Railways Telecom Manual - 2021 Page 30  Annexure-IV List of SACFA members to whom the application for mast height clearance (V-Sat) needs to be circulated No. of Name & Deptt. Address for communications copies to Designation be sent Addl. Director Army Room No. 634, A-Wing, Sena Bhavan, New 2 General (TT) Hqrs. Delhi – 110011. Director Naval Room No.33, Sena Bhavan, C- Wing, New 2 (Signals) Hqrs. Delhi 110011. Principal Air Room No. 514, Vayu Bhavan, New Delhi – 2 Director(Sigs) Hqrs. 110011. General AAI Room No. 128, Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan, 2 Manager Safdarjung Airport, New Delhi – 110003. (ATM) Joint WPC Room No 607, Sanchar Bhavan, New 2 Wireless WING Delhi - 110 001. Adviser Secretary, SACFA Director JCES Cabinet Secretariat, Military Wing,Room 1 No. 5, Plot No.108, Church Road, New Delhi. Director IMD Room No. 606, Mausam Bhavan, Lodhi 1 General Road, New Delhi-110003 Indian Railways Telecom Manual - 2021 Page 31  ANNEXURE-V WPC S-1 Application form for Mast Height (General) 1 ID Number & Date 2 Name of Applicant 3 Address of applicant 4 Transmitter power (in watts) 5 Frequency/Frequency band of operation 6 Antenna location 7 Lattitude/longitude (six digit) 8 Height of site above mean sea level 9 Height of antenna mast above ground (building height to be included if it is to be installed on the roof top) 10 Height of building 11 Name of the nearest Airport 12 Distance of the site from the nearest airport 13 Location map with boundary reference 14 Ministry’s reference with date vide which frequencies earmarked (A copy of agreement to be attached) 15 Remarks Signature of Applicant Indian Railways Telecom Manual - 2021 Page 32  ANNEXURE-VI WPC S2 Application form for Full Siting Category 1 Service 2 ID number and date 3 Name of Applicant 4 Address of Applicant 5 Transmitter power (in watt) 6 Frequency/Freq. band of operation 7 Antenna location 8 Latitude and longitude (six digit) 9 Height of site above mean sea level 10 Height of antenna mast above ground level 11 Height of building if antenna is to be installed on the roof top 12 Type of antenna and its size 13 Azimuth of maximum radiation 14 Gain of Tx. Antenna (db) 15 Gain of Rx antenna (db) 16 Beam width (in degree) 17 Name of the nearest airport 18 Distance of the site from the nearest airport 19 Receiver location 20 Nature of service 21 Circuit/hop length Indian Railways Telecom Manual - 2021 Page 33  22 Approx. area covered by antenna location 23 Service area 24 Location map 25 Ministry's reference and date 26 DOT agreement number and date, if required 27 Remarks ( Signature of Applicant ) Indian Railways Telecom Manual - 2021 Page 34  ANNEXURE-VII WPC S-3 Application form for Additional Antenna Category 1 Service 2 ID number and date 3 Name of Applicant 4 Address of Applicant 5 Transmitter power (in watt) 6 Frequency/Freq.band of operation 7 Antenna location 8 latitude and longitude(six digit) 9 Height of site above mean sea level 10 Height of antenna mast above ground level 11 Height of building if antenna is to be installed on the roof top 12 Type of antenna and its size 13 Azimuth of maximum radiation 14 Gain of Tx. Antenna (db) 15 Gain of Rx antenna (db) 16 Beam width (in degree) 17 Name of the nearest airport 18 Distance from the site 19 Receiver location 20 Nature of service 21 Circuit/hop length Indian Railways Telecom Manual - 2021 Page 35  22 Approx.area covered by antenna location 23 Service area 24 Ministry's reference and date 25 DOT agreement number and date 26 Earlier SACFAreference vide which site cleared 27 Remarks ( Signature of Applicant ) Indian Railways Telecom Manual - 2021 Page 36  ANNEXURE-VIII WPC S-4 Application form for Mast Height (VSAT) 1 ID number and date 2 Name of Applicant 3 Address of applicant 4 Transmitter power (in watts) 5 Frequency/Frequency band of operation 6 Antenna location 7 Latitude/longitude (six digit) 8 Height of site above mean sea level 9 Height of antenna mast above ground (building height to be included if it is to be installed on the roof top) 10 Height of building 11 Type of antenna and its size 12 Azimuth of maximum radiation 13 Gain of Tx antenna (db) 14 Gain of Rx antenna (db) 15 Name of the nearest Airport 16 Distance of the site from the nearest airport 17 Location map with boundary reference 18 Ministry’s reference with date vide which frequencies earmarked (A copy of agreement to be attached) Indian Railways Telecom Manual - 2021 Page 37  19 D o T agreement number and date 20 Remarks Signature of Applicant Indian Railways Telecom Manual - 2021 Page 38  ANNEXURE-IX F.No. K-19012/Misc./2005-CFA Government of India Ministry of Communications & IT Department of Telecommunication WPC Wing Sanchar Bhavan New Delhi-110001 Dated: 27th July, 2005. OFFICE MEMORANDUM Sub: Simplified procedure for sites falling under “Mast Height Exemption Category”. In case of sites for VSATs and other masts/antennae for various applications falling under “Mast Height Exemption Category”, the following procedure comes into force with immediate effect. 2. For the sites falling under “Exemption from Mast Height Clearance”, the applications are to be filed online like other SACFA siting applications. Signed hard copies along with the details of ID numbers and the required amount of Bank Draft be submitted to SACFA Secretariat. 3. In addition, a consolidated list of such sites along with the details as per the prescribed format (Annex-1) are to be submitted in duplicate. 4. An earnest money of Rs. 1000/- (Rupees One thousand only) per site in the form of State Bank of India Demand Draft, drawn in favour of The Pay & Accounts Officer ( HQrs), Department of Telecommunications, payable at New Delhi, is required to be submitted. 5. An undertaking as per Annex-2 shall also be submitted by the applicant. This procedure supersedes all earlier OMs in this regard. ---s/d--- (D.SINGARAVELU) Deputy Wireless Adviser to the Government of India Indian Railways Telecom Manual - 2021 Page 39  Annex-1 Details of VSATs and other masts/antennae sites under ‘SACFA Mast Height Exemption Category” 1. Name, address of the Organisation /VSAT Service Provider : Tele & Fax No. : E-mail address : 2. Name of the Hub Station for the network: Reference of WPC Licence No./ : Decision letter for the network : (for masts/antennae of other applications this is not applicable) SA Location Locat Locat Freque Size of AMSL Height of Name Distanc CF /addres ion ion ncy Antenna (meters) Building of the e of the A s of Longi Latitu band / above neares airport VSAT/ tude de of VSAT ground t from ID mast operati (meters) airport the site on (KMs) Indian Railways Telecom Manual - 2021 Page 40  Annex-2 UNDERTAKING Whereas M/s.__________________________________, a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956, having its registered office situated at ______________________ is a provider of VSAT Service. AND for the purpose of VSAT Service, M/s. ______________________________ as aforesaid applied for Licence / permission from Government of India on its own volition and has agreed to abide by terms and conditions relating to the VSAT licence etc. AND the M/s.________________________________ has installed VSAT stations some of which fall under “ SACFA Exemption Category”, full details and Particulars of which are given above (in Annex-I appended hereto). I, ________________________, Son/Daughter of Shri_________________, resident of _________________________________ and Owner/Managing Director/Director/Partner/Authorised Signatory; for and on behalf of the above said company do hereby undertake that all the VSATs as detailed above (in Annex-I) have antenna size up to 2.4 meter diameter and use RF Power up to 5 watts. I further undertake that all the terms and conditions framed regarding VSATs will be fully observed, and in the event of any violation of such terms and conditions or furnishing of wrong information above (in Annexure I) or otherwise, I and M/s. _____________________________________shall indemnify jointly and severally the WPC Wing, Department of Telecommunications (DOT) against all third party claims and shall accept full responsibility and liability for the same, including any penalty or, dismantling of the VSAT (at our cost) and / or cancellation of the wireless licence, as decided by the WPC Wing, Department of Telecommunications. Signed on _________day of __________________Two thousand Five by Shri ______________________ holder of General Power of Attorney executed pursuant to the Board resolution dated _____________________. Date: (Signature) Place: (Name & Designation of the Authorised Signatory) (Name & Address of the Service Provider Company) In the present of Witnesses: 1. 2. (Note: For masts/antennae for other applications, the Undertaking may be modified accordingly) Indian Railways Telecom Manual - 2021 Page 41  ANNEXURE-X Fast track site clearances for additional antennae K-16011/05/2002-CFA Government of India Ministry of Communications & Information Technology Department of Telecommunications Wireless Planning and Coordination Wing 223-B, Sardar Patel Bhavan, Parliament Street, New Delhi 110001 Date: 03.07.2002 OFFICE-MEMORANDUM Subject:Fast track site clearances for additional antennae Kindly refer to agenda item no. 5 of Summary Record of 137th meeting of SACFA held on 28.05.2002 where BSNL representative informed pendency of their cases for additional antennae despite involvement of less number of SACFA members. After detailed discussion, it was decided that no NOC (s) from SACFA members will be required for siting cases falling under additional antenna category. However, siting applications are to be circulated to all members of SACFA and their receipt is to be ensured. After ensuring receipt of such cases, SACFA Sectt. will issue necessary clearances for sites falling under additional antenna category. The following modified procedure for additional antennae cases will be followed in future- Applicant will apply to SACFA Sectt in a prescribed proforma available with SACFA Sectt for which softcopy may be obtained from SACFA Sectt for obtaining ID numbers. Applicant will enclose a copy of earlier SACFA clearance, NOC received from AAI with regard to site under consideration if site was cleared after 1995 and appropriate map indicating the site. Applicant will be issued ID numbers after scrutinizing applications for correctness. When applicant informs SACFA about likely date of circulation of siting applications, he will be issued circulation letter meant for all members of SACFA, which he will attach with applications and circulate within a week’s time. Applicant will obtain acknowledgement slip in token of receipt of his applications by SACFA members. Applicant has to submit a copy of frequency agreement letter issued by WPC at the time of obtaining SACFA clearance. Applicant will be issued SACFA clearance within a short time after confirming receipt of applications through receipts ---s/d--- ( Deepa Aggarwal ), Assistant Wireless Adviser For, Secretary, SACFA -x-x-x- Indian Railways Telecom Manual - 2021 Page 42