Highlights
The Centre has approved the proposal to set up a new National Security Directive on telecommunication sector.
The Committe will help in classifying telecom products and their sources under the ‘trusted’ and ‘non-trusted’ categories.
It would make tougher for Chinese companies to supply equipment to Indian telecom players.
In a significant development, the Cabinet Committee on Security on Wednesday (December 16) approved the proposal to set up a new National Security Directive on telecommunication sector which will help in classifying telecom products and their sources under the ‘trusted’ and ‘non-trusted’ categories.
It is expected that the Centre s decision would make it tougher for Huawei, ZTE and another Chinese companies to supply equipment to Indian telecom players. Both Huwaei and ZTE are facing scrutiny in several countries including the US for allegedly installing ‘backdoor’ or ‘trap door’ vulnerabilities and spying for the Chinese go
New Delhi, December 16
Telecom equipment from China may face fresh curbs with the Cabinet on Wednesday clearing a proposal to secure telecom infrastructure by designating “trusted sources” for the purchase of equipment by service providers.
Announcing the decision Union Law and Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, had framed a National Security Directive in the telecommunication sector, keeping in mind the country’s security.
All service providers public and private would mandatorily be required to source “trusted products” from “trusted sources”. The move would have no retrospective impact, Prasad said.
How govt’s trusted source bar for phone companies will work
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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 Council. Khanna reports to National Security Advisor, Ajit Doval.
The Centre on Wednesday said that it may blacklist certain telecom equipment vendors and also designate companies as India Trusted Source.
Updated Dec 17, 2020 | 14:17 IST
The names of the telecom equipment manufacturers deemed unfit or unsafe by the Indian government will also be shared, said Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday. India to identify ‘trusted sources’ of telecom gear amid global backlash against Huawei | Photo Credit: PTI
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New Delhi: With an eye on security risks posed by Chinese telecom equipment manufacturers such as Huawei and ZTE, India on Wednesday cleared a proposal to identify ‘trusted sources’ of such equipment for the country s telecom sector.
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In a bid to tighten security of communications network, the Union Cabinet Committee on Security on Wednesday (Dec 16) approved the setting up of a national security directive on telecommunication sector which will mandate service providers to purchase equipment from trusted sources.