Access to foreign, Indian telecom gear source code to help govt check snooping: PHDCCI
Provisions in BSNL tender around access to source code of telecom gears for 4G network as well as depositing the software based code of both foreign and Indian firms in an escrow account will give government control to check snooping incidents by misusing the equipment, industry chamber PHDCCI said on Sunday
State-run BSNL has floated an expression of interest (EoI) to test the quality of Indian telecom equipment only before letting indigenous manufacturers participate in the 4G tender to be floated by the company. Source:Reuters