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March 10, 2021 In a move that is likely aimed at excluding Chinese telecom gear vendors like Huawei and ZTE, the Department of Telecommunications has amended the Unified Access Service License to prevent telcos from obtaining gear from untrustworthy vendors. The move had been rumoured for weeks, and follows announcements from Vi and Airtel that they would be collaborating with Huawei for 5G trials and infrastructure. The government will impose these conditions through the National Cyber Securit...

Ever since the last minute abortive divestment of Air India in 2001 followed by the lack of decision and its mismanagement the has eaten into its vitals. The issue that needs an answer is why the NDA-1 did not take any corrective action and allowed the airline to continue its drift downwards. NDA- 2 post 2019 took a decision to sell it but fumbled in preparation of terms till Covid lockdown and now there are no takers. Even after the special privileges given to it  during  the recent Vande Bh...

How govt’s trusted source bar for phone companies will work India Published: Thursday, December 17, 2020, 8:56 [IST] New Delhi, Dec 17: The crucial decision taken by the Union Cabinet will now ensure that phone companies in India can only use telecom equipment certified by a top security panel to have come from a trust source. The certificate will be issued by a panel headed by Deputy National Security Advisor, Rajinder Khanna. Who heads the technologies section in the National Security Counc...

India Trusted Source: Centre likely to blacklist some telecom equipment vendors India Updated: Wednesday, December 16, 2020, 17:29 [IST] New Delhi, Dec 16: The Centre today said that it may blacklist certain telecom equipment vendors and also designate companies as India Trusted Source. The decision comes in the wake of the ongoing tensions with China. As a result of this, the telecom sector may soon have a list of companies from where the firms can buy services and products. Ravi Shankar Prasa...

Highlights The Designated Authority will make its determination based on the approval of a committee headed by Deputy NSA The committee will consist of members from relevant departments/Ministries and will also have two members from the industry and an independent expert The Committee will be called ‘National Security Committee on Telecom (NSCT) New Delhi: In a significant Cabinet decision on Wednesday (December 16), the government gave approval for National Security Directive on Telecommunic...