3rd-party plant clearance is must for Chinese telecom equipment firms
Jul 17, 2010 at 3:43 pm in News by LT Writer
Chinese manufacturers selling telecom equipment to India will have to agree to third-party verification of their plants, besides submitting their software code to the government for examination. They will also have to give an undertaking that their equipment does not contain any malware.
The Union home ministry which proposed the guidelines has also identified 14 international third-party certifiers from whom the vendors must get security validation. The proposal aims to clear the logjam over Chinese equipment imports.
According to a top home ministry official, the proposal, which has been sent to the department of telecommunications (DoT) for approval, says that certifiers will have to visit manufacturing plants of Chinese firms to verify there’s no spyware or other malware sneaked into their equipment.
Source: FE
