Indian Radio Regulatory Service

The Indian Radio Regulatory Service (IRRS) is one of the cadre of central government recruit-engineers of the Wireless Planning & Coordination Wing (WPC) and Wireless Monitoring Organisation (WMO), composed of a cadre of central government recruit engineers Group 'A' officers and Group 'B' officers (Jr. Wireless Officer) of the WPC and WMO. There are a total of 22 Wireless Monitoring Stations, 5 International Monitoring Stations and 1 International Satellite Monitoring Earth Station in India, The functions of the service are the allocation of spectrum licenses, ensuring an interference free spectrum to wireless users, conducting GMDSS and RTR (Aero) examination, SACFA clearances to Telecom service Providers, ensuring adherence to international standards and cooperation with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The Government of India established the service by a gazette notification on 16 July 2013. The Wireless Adviser to the Government of India is the highest officer in the service's hierarchy and reports to the Member (Technology) of Telecom Commission of India under the Department of Telecommunications.

New Group 'A' officers enter the IRRS through the Engineering Services Examination. New Group 'B' officers (Jr. Wireless Officers) enter the IRRS through the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) Graduate Level Examination.

External links

Official site
Gazette notification
DoT site

Ministry of Communications (India)

Department of Telecommunications

Statutory Bodies	Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
Attached Offices	Controller General of Communication Accounts (CGCA) Director General Telecom (DGT) Telecommunication Engineering Center (TEC) Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF)
Subordinate Offices	National Centre for Communication Security (NCCS) Wireless Monitoring Organisation (WMO)
Field Offices	Controller of Communication Accounts (CCA)
Autonomous Bodies	Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT)
Training Institutes	National Telecommunications Institute for Policy Research Innovation Training (NTIPRIT) National Institute of Communication Finance (NICF)
Others	Centre for Excellence in Telecom Technology and Management Digital Communications Commission Telecom Enforcement Resource and Monitoring (TERM) Telephone Advisory Committees (TAC) Wireless Planning & Coordination Wing (WPC)
PSUs	Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL) Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) Indian Telephone Industries Limited (ITI) Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) Telecommunications Consultants India Limited (TCIL)
Civil Service	Indian Telecommunication Service Indian Radio Regulatory Service