Section 23
Application To Be Submitted For Licence
(1) The person, who desires to  operate the Telecommunications Service pursuant to this Act and has capital,
technical expertise and professional experience as prescribed, shall have to submit an application to the Authority, setting out the particulars as prescribed along with economic and technical study report as well as work plan in
connection with the Telecommunications Service to be operated, within the time prescribed by the Authority pursuant to Section 22.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in Sub-section (1), an application may be submitted at any time for the license to operate the telecommunications service as prescribed by Government of Nepal by a  notification published in the Nepal Gazette on recommendation of the Authority….. 5
(3) The persons, who have been operating the Telecommunications Service since before the commencement of this Act, shall be required to submit an application to the Authority for the Licence setting out the particulars
relating to the service having been operated by them, within six months and shall have to receive the Licence within one year form the date of commencement of this Act.