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VNOAI Membership

There are two main categories of VNOAI membership.

Core Member

A Company shall be eligible to apply for becoming a Core Member of the Association if:

  • It holds a valid VNO License(s) from Government of India for the provisioning of VNO Services
  • If at any time, two or more entities under “Group Company” are found to be members of the Association, the “Group Company” shall decide the entity in the name of which they want to pursue their membership. Such entity shall represent the entire group and exercise the rights and privileges on behalf of the entire group. The membership charges and voting rights of all such member entities will be based on their Group Company’s Adjusted Gross Revenue.

Associate Member

An association, company or any other legal entity shall be eligible to become an Associate Member of the Association if it supports the functioning, promotion, research, development and evolution of M2M, IOT or any VNO services. These would include inter alia, but not be limited to the value-added service providers /content providers and manufacturers/ suppliers of:

  • Mobile Stations or chip set components used to build mobile stations.
  • Infrastructure equipment, System simulators, SIM cards.
  • Security systems- smart cards, authentication centers, equipment identity registers, fraud detection systems and analysis tools.
  • Billing and accounting systems.

  • Data hosting services.
  • Financial clearing house services and financial services on mobiles
  • Signaling clearing house services.
  • Brokers of roaming facilitation services.
  • Software development for the telecom industry

Benefits of Membership

Provides a common credible platform for discussion and ideation between VNOs, Aspiring VNOs, Regulators, the Government, Policy Makers, Industry thought leaders, Network Service Providers, Technology vendors, and other ecosystem players like SIM card manufacturers etc, who have an interest in the growth of a healthy VNO industry in India.

Participation in VNOAI Committees and Working Groups :

VNOAI will constitute various committees to provide direction to the VNO Industry on Legal and Regulatory matters, Policy, Technical inputs etc. Members will be able to participate in these forums. Members will also discuss and decide the nature and points of engagement between VNOAI and the external world.

Contribute to resolving Industry Issues:

Members will be able to provide their views on the various economic, technical and regulatory policies pertaining to the VNO industry in India, through the auspices of VNOAI. This will be done through various events, workshops and representations to various ministries, government departments and regulatory bodies.

Participate in Workshops, Seminars:

Members can attend workshops and seminars organized by VNOAI, or conducted with the active association and participation of VNOAI. They can provide inputs to VNOAI responses to issues of common concern. This will also be an opportunity to network with other members of VNOAI and also the larger telecommunication ecosystem globally and in India.

Participate in the Studies and Benchmarking Reports:

Gain access to statistics, research reports, benchmarking reports, surveys, whitepapers and position papers through VNOAI.

Knowledge Sharing:

Access to Research, Surveys, Knowledge Papers, Press Releases, Industry submissions.

Current Members

Member
Plintron India Private Limited
NTT communication Networks services private Limited
TATA Play broadband Private Limited
Whitewater solutions India Private Limited
VNO Association Category-B

Original Promo Members

Member Member Since
Lycamobile India Pvt Limited Sep – 2016
Mobilise Consulting, UK Sep – 2016
AdPay Mobile Payment India Sep – 2016
MFT Internet Pvt Limited Sep – 2016
Datawind Sep – 2016
Roam1 Telecom Ltd Sep – 2016
Plintron India Private Limited Sep – 2016
Spiderlink Networks Pvt Ltd Sep – 2016
Tone Excel SDN, Malaysia Sep – 2016
Lyca Telecom Pvt Ltd Oct – 2016
PowerGrid Corporation of India Ltd Nov – 2016
SYNIVERSE Nov – 2016
Sistemos information Technology pvt Ltd Dec – 2016
NTT Communications Sep – 2017
SICAP Oct – 2017
(DID) VNOs Association Pune Oct – 2017

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