| Types of Leased Circuits :
Speech Circuits (Hot Line or
P-Wire) - Local or Long distance circuits within
two locations in a city or between two different cities
provided for the same applicant. The Terminating equipment
at both ends is telephone without dialing facility.
Both way signaling and speech is possible.
Data Circuits - Local or
Long distance data circuits at different speeds viz.
2400 bps, 4800 bps, 9600 bps, 64 kbps, nx64 kbps and
2 mbps. Data Circuits are of different types:
Point to Point Data Circuits
- Local and Long Distance
Private
Data Network - More than one Local or Long Distance
leased circuits converging on a location such that data
from one leased circuit can be transferred automatically
to another leased circuit for the same subscriber.
Closed User Group - Leased
circuits can be used by more than one legal entity if
they form closed user group. The following categories
of user groups constitute closed user groups for the
purpose of licensing Private Telecom Networks.
1. Producer
of goods and his whole -sale traders/agents.
2. Provider of service (not being a telecommunication
service) and his whole-sale traders/agents.
3. Producers of same categories of goods.
4. Providers of the same category of service.
5. Holding company and its subsidiaries.
6. Interconnected undertakings.
7. Companies under the same management.
Provided that ultimate consumer
of the product or service shall not be a part of the
closed user group and also that the network will be
used purely for legitimate internal communication purposes
of the group where resale of telecommunication service
and its profits are not involved. In respect of companies
against 5 , 6 and 7 above, the definitions available
in MRTP Act 1969 will be taken.
Telegraph
Circuits - Local and Long distance Tele-printer
Circuits.
International Leased Circuits:
Provided through VSNL.
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