GOVERNMENT OF ANDHR APRADESH ENERGY, INFRASTRUCTURE & INVESTMENT DEPARTMENT Le Po! Bt Di 03-201: From The Principal Secretary to Government, Energy, Infrastructure & Investment Department, AP. Secretariat, \VELAGAPUDI-522 238 Amaravati. To 1. Special Chief Secretary, Revenue & CCLA 2. Special Chief Secretary, TR&B Dept. 3, Special Chief Secretary, School Education Dept. A. Principal Secretary, MA&UD Dept. 5. Principal Secretary, PR&RD Dept. 6. Principal Secretary, Home Dept. 7. Principal Secretary, Finance Dept. 8. Principal Secretary, IT&C Dept. 9. Chairman APSFL 10. Managing Director AP Towers Ltd. Sir/Madam, Sub:- APTL— Finalization draft guidelines submitted by APTL for erection of cell towers in the State - Meeting intimation — Reg. Ref:- 1. G.O.Ms.No.17, E,18d (Ports.1) Dept., dated 22-06-2018. 2. Govt, Letter No.502/Ports.1/2016, dated 27-12-2018. 3. From the MD, PTL letter No.APTL/RFP/01/2016, dt. 22-11-2018. (draft guidelines enclosed). pees Tam to invite your attention to the subject and references cited and to inform you that the Chief Secretary desires to hold a Meeting on 6.3.2019 ‘at 4.30 PM for finalizing the draft guidelines proposed by the MD, AP Towers Limited for erection of cell towers in the State and related issues. I therefore request you to attend the meeting without fail. Yours faithfully, \ohe— for Principal Secretary to Government Copy to y vf OSD to Chief Secretary, ¥ PS to Pri. Secy. E,18d Dept. me al v \ ~y2 & ABEL DRAFT GUIDELINES | District Collectors & HOD's of all government departments, corporations and other quasi government organisations to be directed to accord advance possession of required lands/roof tops of buildings to APTL to avoid delay on account of administrative formalities . . JV Company will comply all local body norms in construction of cellular towers subsequently |. Since APTL is a nodal agency all the new site requests for Govt buildings ‘and lands shall be routed through APTL and APTL in turn shall forward such requests to HOD’s of concem departments. APTL will implement an online workflow for the same where departments will approve. . In order to avoid multiple sites on Government locations, APT) L will build its own telecom infrastructure for service providers as per the requirement through its Joint venture Company. |. APTL shall have first right of refusal for all new applications filed by cellular operators with respect to allotment of Govt locations. . All the cellular companies shall apply in standard formats which will be issued later by APTL for seeking permissions for constructing towers in Government locations. | All Municipal corporations, Municipalities, Nagar panchayaths and Gram panchayaths to be directed to furnish information to APTL about existing cell towers installed on their premises. Above mentioned authorities shall not issue any fresh or renew site allotments for construction of cell towers in Government locations and to be routed through APTL only. . Renewal applications to be filed to APTL for all existing cell towers upon completion of allotment period /lease period. On receipt of applications in prescribed format from service providers, APTL will forward the same to the authorities concerned and do the needful. APTL will charge service charges of 1250/- per site per month for all Govt locations for all sites during renewals. 10. Considering the Govt vision to construct smart towers across Andhra Pradesh for executing various initiatives such as Surveillance cameras WIFI system, Public address system, Digital bill boards, mobile small cells , environmental censors etc., no fees of any kind to be collected for such smart towers — Exemption for smart towers 11. All the Govt departments are advised to provide EB power to APTL cell towers on priority basis under a separate meter and consumption charges will be borne by APTL.APT L 12.Land requirements for cellular tower installations may be considered as 15X 15 meters for GBT of 40 to 60 meters height, 12X 12 meters for GBT of 40 meters height, 8 X 8 meters for GBM, 500 SFT for roof top installations and 2 X 2 meters to 6 X 6 meters for smart towers depending in the requirement . All the departments should ensure proper access to proposed sites. 13.All the District Collectors to be directed to provide details of Govt assets including lands buildings along with Latitude and Longitudes of such locations to APTL within one month from issuance of this guideline. 14. APTL to create a consolidate data base of all Govt assets including buildings and lands which will help in identifying sites requirement for various cellular operators across the state of Andhra Pradesh and APTL to inform all cellular operators accordingly. JV Company shall pay following charges — proposed fee Local body [Permission charges to|One time charges to] Rent to APTL jurisdiction | I0t21 bodies per ste | departments per site for every 3 years [Corporations Rs. I ae Rs. 14,000/- IRs. 12507 per site per Jmonth with escalation f 5% every 3 years [Selection and Special [Rs. 75K IRs. 14,000 IRs. 1250/- per site per rade Municipalities Imonth with escalation lot 5% every 3 years First grade, Second [RS. 50K IRs. 10,0007 IRs. 1250/- per month lorade & third grade per site with escalation |Municipalities lof 5% every 3 years fagar Panchayaths — [Rs. 30K Rs, 10,000 IRs. 1250/- per month per site with escalation lor 5% every 3 years [Gram Panchayaths Rs. 25K for GBT Rs. 5,000/- IRs, 1250/- per month |Rs. 20K for RTT \per site escalation IRs.2K for renewal per year lof 5% every 3 years