DoT Extends Registration of M2MSP and WPAN/WLAN Connectivity Providers for M2M Services

• Advises to Register Through the Saralsanchar Portal by March 31, 2024
• Non-compliance Risks Withdrawal or Disconnection of Telecom Resources From Authorized Telecom Licensees
• Entities Include Businesses, Government Departments and Partnerships
• DoT is Committed to Ensure Building a Secure and Innovative M2M/IoT Landscape

Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Ministry of Communications (MoC), has extended Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Wireless Personal Area Network/Wireless Local Area Network (WPAN/WLAN) registration to all entities engaged in the said businesses. All business entities (incl. Companies, Govt. Deptts./Organizations, Partnership Firms, LLPs, Institutions, Undertakings, Proprietorship Firms, Societies and Trusts) engaged in M2M service provisioning and WPAN/WLAN Connectivity Provisioning are advised to register with DoT through a simple and transparent online process via SaralSanchar portal (https://saralsanchar.gov.in).

Non-compliance may lead to withdrawal or disconnection of telecom resources obtained from the Authorized Telecom Licensees.

The decision has been taken to extend the scope of the registration in order to proliferate the standard-based and secure M2M/IoT ecosystem. This also addresses the concerns of M2M Service Providers and WPAN/WLAN Connectivity Providers for M2M services, related to interface with Telecom Service Providers (TSPs), KYC, Security, Encryption, etc.

M2M services involve communication of end device/ object with predefined back end platform(s) either directly or through some gateway. Examples of M2M services include fleet management, supply chain
management, agriculture automation, smart utilities including power, water, gas
etc. The M2M end devices/ objects and the platform(s) collecting and analyzing
information from these devices/ objects are controlled by some organization.

The DoT said that it is committed to ensure building a secure and innovative M2M/IoT (Internet of Things) landscape. National Digital Communication Policy aims at creating a robust digital communication infrastructure, enable next generation technologies and ensure a holistic and harmonized approach for harnessing Emerging Technologies such as M2M/loT.

After considering the recommendations of TRAI on "Spectrum, Roaming and Quality of service (QoS) related requirements in M2M Communications" and views of M2M industry stakeholders. the Government has decided to issue the guidelines for 'Registration process of M2M Service Providers (M2MSP) & WPAN/WLAN Connectivity Providers for M2M Services'.

Detailed guidelines are available at:

(https://dot.gov.in/latestupdates/guidelines-registration-process-m2m-service-providers-m2msp-and-wpanwlan-connectivity).

 

IIIT Hyderabad Organised Workshop on IoT and oneM2M

IIIT Hyderabad organized a Workshop this weekend on IoT and oneM2M in the city under its college research affiliate program, with support from India-EU ICT standardization collaboration project.

The workshop was organised to train students and faculty of affiliated colleges on the topics of IoT, Smart Cities and oneM2M, encourage them to deploy standard-based solutions in their campuses and to promote standards in their course curriculum.

Six colleges who participated include G. Narayanamma Institute of Technology and Science (GNITS); 2. Vasavi College of Engineering (VCE); Hyderabad Institute of Technology and Management (HITAM), K. G. Reddy College of Engineering and Technology; St. Vincent Pallotti College of Engineering, Nagpur, Maharashtra and Saintgits College of Engineering, Kottayam, Kerala

A total of 115 students and 18 faculty from these six colleges participated in the workshop, which consisted of two days of lectures and hands-on sessions. These students had already completed a MOOC on oneM2M online, where they received support from IIITH mentors for hands-on sessions. The lectures were conducted by IIITH faculty, and one guest-lecture was delivered by Prof. Thierry Monteil, IRIT, Toulouse, France.

Another agenda of this workshop was for participants to take the built solution on Air Pollution Monitoring using IoT and oneM2M and deploy it in their colleges. The students enjoyed the lecture sessions and participated enthusiastically in the project sessions. Students formed 30 teams, consisting of 4-5 students in each team. All the teams successfully completed the IoT and oneM2M based air pollution monitor and now these teams will go and deploy these devices in their colleges and nearby areas.