A VNO provides telecom services like mobile landline and Internet, but only as a retailer for full-fledged telecom operators such as BSNL and Airtel.
A VNO leases bandwidth from various telecom operators to provide voice and data services to customers.
With this development, the government has moved a step closer to regulating Virtual Network Operator (VNO) - companies that provide telecom services without spectrum.
In an exclusive conversation at the CNBC-TV18-Mint Infra Ministerial Summit, Telecom Secretary JS Deepak promised to make it easier to lay fibre optic cables in the next two months. He also said a new unified license for virtual network operators is on the anvil.