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The error occurred despite government urging telecom companies earlier to reduce their dependence on Chinese equipment. DoT left red-faced after Huawei cleared for equipment trials | Photo Credit: Times Now
New Delhi: The Department of Telecom (DoT) by mistake allowed Chinese telecom equipment manufacturer Huawei to conduct trials for its gear at a time when the government issued a National Security Directive over procurement of equipment to be used in the telecom sector.
DoT’s Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC) in a goof-up granted certificates allowing Huawei Telecommunications India Pvt Ltd last month, to conduct testing of its gear, according to a report in Business Standard.