TRAI issues recommendations on use of foreign SIMs in export-focused IoT devices

New Delhi: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Tuesday released its recommendations on a new regulatory framework governing the sale and use of foreign telecom service providers’ SIM and eSIM cards in machine-to-machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) devices meant exclusively for export.

The recommendations follow a request from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Ministry of Communications, which had sought TRAI’s views on the terms and conditions for issuing and renewing no-objection certificates (NOCs) for the import and sale of foreign SIM/eSIM cards used in export-bound M2M and IoT devices.