DOTEL/R/T/22/00111

The RTI application has appropriately been replied by the CPIO. The following reply was given to the RTI applicant on 15.02.2022. "The information in respect of the RTI Application pertaining to this CPIO is as follows : In respect of Call Details Record, it is intimated that as per Licensing Condition No.39.20 (and its amendment) of the Licence Agreement for Unified License, all the Telecom Service Providers have to preserve the CDRs at least for two years for scrutiny by the licenser for security reasons. Licence Agreement of Unified License and its amendment can be downloaded from the DoT Website under Telecom and Spectrum Licensing and further under Unified License and also from the following URL: Download The file ( bytes) and its amendment dated 22.12.2021 can be downloaded from the DoT Website under Telecom and Spectrum Licensing and further under Unified License. The License condition do not mandate Telecom Service Providers(TSPs) to provide CDRs to the general public. CDRs are provided by the TSPs to the Law Enforcement Agencies & to various Courts upon their requests/directions." Thus a suitable reply was given to the RTI applicant.