Which sectors do you work with?

Satellite and space, telecom and spectrum, drones/UAV, IoT, semiconductors and advanced electronics, advanced energy, data-centre and digital infrastructure, AI and digital policy, and defence/dual-use technology. If your technology touches government regulation in Asia, we can help.

How long does market entry take?

Timelines vary by market, sector, and the wider policy and geopolitical climate, so generic numbers can mislead. We map an exact, realistic timeline for your specific technology in the first assessment.

Do you only cover India?

India is our strategic pivot and primary market. From here we extend across Southeast Asia (ASEAN), the GCC/Middle East, East Asia & Oceania, and adjacent markets.

We have no in-house regional regulatory team — is that a problem?

Either way works. If you have a General Counsel or regional team, we support them with specialised local regulatory intelligence. If you are entering for the first time, we can act as your regulatory function on the ground.

Send a short note through the contact form with your technology, target market and what you're trying to decide. We reply with next steps and a suggested time to talk.

REGULATORY INTELLIGENCE · MARKET ACCESS

Strategic market access for frontier technology in Asia.

We turn the complexities of Asian regulatory frameworks into defensible market-entry plans for global technology companies. Operating from our strategic pivot in New Delhi NCR, we guide engineering-led firms—from advanced energy and semiconductors to aerospace and digital infrastructure—through policy, partnerships, and compliance across India, Asia, and the Middle East.

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15+

markets across Asia

9

coordinated services

20 yrs

in technology policy

WRC

preparatory engagement

01Our View

Most advisors see regulation as a wall. We read it as the blueprint.

RegStack Access sits where technical standards meet government policy. With India as our strategic pivot, we work across Asia and the Middle East — reading the rulebook the way regulators wrote it, then translating it into a market-entry path your board can build on. Founded on Masters-level engineering training and executive commercial logic, the practice gives you fewer surprises, accurate forecasting, and a realistic, defensible path.

The way we work is plain: transparency first, and market access that lasts because a company's plans are built to be consistent with the country's own priorities and rules, not to work around them. That earns trust on both sides of the table, with regulators and governments across India and Asia, and with the companies who bring us in when an answer has to hold up in the boardroom.

02Capabilities

What we do

01

Regulatory Navigation & Approvals

Clear guidance through complex authorisation and operational-permit frameworks.

02

Policy & Strategic Advocacy

Informing sector regulation through data-backed technical and policy engagement.

03

Regulatory & Institutional Engagement

Supporting and preparing your executive team for engagement with regulators and authorities.

04

Partnership Development Support

Identifying and structuring local partnerships for a lasting regional presence.

03Services

Nine services. One coordinated engagement.

04Approach

A systematic, outcome-focused method

We solve complex regulatory problems through a collaborative process that produces practical solutions — advancing your objectives while keeping you compliant.

01

Regulatory Assessment

A full analysis of your current regulatory position, compliance status and objectives, identifying opportunities and risks.

02

Strategy Development

A tailored strategy aligned to your goals, accounting for market conditions, competitive dynamics and regulatory trends.

03

Implementation

Filings, applications, advocacy and direct engagement with the relevant authorities and stakeholders.

04

Monitoring & Adaptation

Continuous tracking of developments, compliance status and results, with strategies adapted as needed. Our data sets, dashboards and policy monitoring guide every engagement.

05Regions

International presence. Regional expertise.

Headquartered in New Delhi NCR—the strategic pivot for global supply chains and policy—we provide localized representation and market-entry execution across the world's most dynamic regulatory environments.

South Asia

The operational anchor and high-growth pivot for global technology.

Current focus (2025–2026)

›Foreign direct investment approvals
›High-tech manufacturing & semiconductor subsidies
›Advanced energy and green infrastructure frameworks
›AI governance, data localization
›Drone/UAV operational frameworks

Typical timelines

⏱Major policy consultations 30–90 days

⏱Hardware certification 8–12 weeks

⏱Manufacturing JVs 6–12 months

⏱Energy project approvals 12–24 months

Indicative only; actual timelines mapped per engagement.

Markets servedIndia (Pivot), Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives

06Who we help

Built for frontier companies entering Asia.

We work with engineering-led companies—from Europe, North America, Japan, and beyond—entering or expanding across Asian markets. Many come to us without in-house regional regulatory counsel and need a defensible answer before a board decision. Whatever the technology, the regulatory questions rhyme: who authorizes this, how long does it take, what does it cost, and what are the strategic risks.

Aerospace & AviationAdvanced Energy & NuclearSemiconductors & ManufacturingSatellite & SpaceDual-Use & Critical SystemsAI & Digital PolicyIoT & Connected DevicesTelecom & Spectrum

07Regulatory Radar

What's moving across Asian regulation

A sample of the live regulatory questions we help clients navigate. Case studies and briefings will be published here.

Connected devices: India's certification gate for IoT and telecom hardware.

India gates market access for telecom and connected devices through mandatory testing under the MTCTE framework, with layered security controls (ITSAR) now applied to 5G network functions, smart meters, cameras and consumer IoT. Separate authorisation is also forming for embedded and foreign eSIMs in export M2M devices. The work is knowing which certification applies to each device class — and sequencing it before launch, not after.

IoTIndiaMedium

Semiconductor incentives: compliance and localisation under India's ISM.

India's Semiconductor Mission ties incentives to localisation thresholds, technology-transfer terms, and phased manufacturing commitments, tested across central and state authorities. Mapping these early — and structuring the entity and supply chain to meet them — decides whether an application clears or stalls.

SemiconductorIndiaHigh

Direct-to-Device frameworks: the Asia-Pacific & Middle East policy window.

Several markets are defining D2D satellite rules through 2025–2026 consultations — spectrum, power-flux-density limits, terrestrial-mobile coordination. Early technical input now positions a system for smoother authorisation later.

SatelliteMulti-regionHigh

Type-approval coordination: managing multi-market certification.

Beyond GCF/PTCRB, regulators require country-specific testing. Across 10 markets, independent approaches run 18–24 months. Hub-certification and mutual-recognition strategies can cut time-to-market 30–40%.

TelecomAsia-Pacific & GCCMedium

6 GHz spectrum: regional divergence and certification strategy.

Approaches to 5925–7125 MHz vary widely — unlicensed Wi-Fi in some markets, licensed 5G/6G splits under review elsewhere. Equipment vendors must align R&D, testing and go-to-market to diverging frameworks.

TelecomMulti-regionHigh

Data localisation: implementation timelines and strategies.

Major South and Southeast Asian markets are rolling out localisation rules on 6–12 month timelines, with "critical" and "sensitive" categories varying by jurisdiction — requiring case-by-case mapping of data flows and infrastructure.

AI & DataSouth & SE AsiaHigh

LEO Constellation Landing Rights: navigating multi-jurisdiction approvals.

Asia-Pacific LEO operators face 15+ parallel landing-rights processes, each running 12–18 months for spectrum coordination, ground-station approvals and national authorisations. The lever is sequencing: pick lead markets with regulatory reciprocity, align ITU filings with national applications, and use early approvals to speed the rest.

SatelliteAsia-PacificHigh

BVLOS drone operations: from experimental permits to operational frameworks.

Civil-aviation authorities still authorise BVLOS case-by-case. As permanent regimes form, companies that join UTM development and build safety cases now are positioned for smoother approval.

Drone/UAVAsia-Pacific & GCCHigh

Advanced energy: India's nuclear opening and the SMR question.

India's SHANTI Act, passed in December 2025, repealed the 1962 Atomic Energy Act and the 2010 liability law — opening reactors to private and foreign operators for the first time and channelling liability to the operator rather than to suppliers. The licensing regime under the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board is now being built out. Companies eyeing small modular reactors or equipment supply need to map the new authorisations, supplier terms, and the activities that stay under government control.

Advanced EnergyIndiaHigh

More briefings coming soon

08Expertise

Understanding the rules. Turning them into a path forward.

RegStack Access is led by Mehul Bhandari, Founder and Principal Consultant. Two decades of regulatory, policy and market-access work in satellite, telecom and spectrum, across South Asia and APAC. The same approach now applies to the frontier sectors entering India and the wider region. The thread is simple. Read the rulebook the way regulators wrote it, then turn it into a path a board can act on.

The record runs through the regulatory decisions that shaped India's connectivity landscape. These were industry-wide frameworks, not single-company mandates. The regulatory groundwork behind Mobile Number Portability. The GSMA's India's 5G Future study, led and presented to India's regulator as the industry's spectrum-pricing case. The reserve-price reduction that followed helped clear the way for one of the fastest 5G rollouts anywhere. The defining work is the 28 GHz Ka-band: making the case for access for the global LEO and NGSO satellite ecosystem, carried into India's official ITU-R WP4A submissions, where a national stance feeds the global spectrum decisions at the WRC. The same years covered early Direct-to-Device satellite work in India.

Engineering training to read your technology correctly. Business training to read your board's risk correctly. That is the practice.

09FAQ

Common questions

RegStack Access is a regulatory-intelligence and market-access advisory for technology companies entering Asian markets. We handle licensing, spectrum, equipment certification, policy advocacy, government relations and partnership structuring across India, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East.