Government department wants carriers to facilitate testing of homegrown tech for India-specific use cases
Laura Dobberstein Wed 5 May 2021 // 04:44 UTC Share
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India s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has finally granted approval for service providers to start 5G trials.
Curiously, Chinese 5G equipment vendors, like Huawei and ZTE, did not make the list of approved network equipment providers.
The government issued press release named Bharti Airtel Ltd, Reliance JioInfocomm Ltd, Vodafone Idea Ltd, and MTNL as approved service providers, provided they use kit from Ericsson, Nokia, Samsung and C-Dot. Reliance Jio will trial its own 5G equipment.
The original applications were submitted prior to the Sino-Indian border standoff that may or may not have resulted in malware warfare.
Samsung along with Ericsson, Nokia, and C-DOT have been chosen to run 5G and 5Gi trial runs with India's major providers, while Huawei and ZTE are M.I.A. - SamMobile
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India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) mandated operators procure certain mobile gear from government-approved sources, with Chinese vendors Huawei and ZTE unlikely to be considered due to national security concerns,
Reuters reported.
Sources told the news service the government is considering adding the Chinese companies to an embargo list, though offered no detail on a plan to develop a list of “trusted sources” for network equipment. The new restriction goes into effect 15 June.
The country’s operators will likely ask the National Cyber Security Coordinator (NCSC) to clarify what equipment from the vendors will be covered,