No Proposal To Ban Huawei Telecom Equipment: Manoj Sinha

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The India government on Friday said there is no proposal to ban telecom equipment maker Huawei.

This will be a major relief for Huawei to continue strong business in India, the second largest telecom market in terms of the number of mobile customers.

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Huawei last week said its annual revenue is expected to cross $100 billion plus in 2018 despite challenging market conditions in several markets. Huawei has also won 25 plus telecom network deals to supply 5G equipment to mobile operators. Huawei has also shipped 200 million plus smartphones in 2018 — beating Apple for number two position.

Telecom export body TEPC last month requested National Security Advisor Ajit Doval to ban purchase of equipment from Chinese companies like Huawei, ZTE and Fiberhome for government networks, claiming that they can pose a serious national security threat.

Telecom minister Manoj Sinha said in a written reply to Rajya Sabha that at present, there is no proposal before the government considering banning telecom gear and equipment made by Huawei, reported PTI.

Sinha told the House that telecom operators are free to procure equipment from any vendor based on their techno-commercial interests provided they adhere to the security provisions given in the licence. Sinha acknowledged that modern age telecom equipment, irrespective of its source, may at times be susceptible to spyware or malware etc.

“These, spyware/malware etc are potential threats, if embedded in any of the telecom network elements by vendor or any other third party source, which may damage the concerned network element causing disruption in services, infecting other network elements or leakage of information to unintended user,” the minister said.

He, however added, that to address security concerns, including of the security threats posed by telecom equipment inducted into networks, irrespective of its source, elaborate security conditions have been laid down in the licence.

Under telecom licence conditions, telcos are required to create facilities for monitoring of all intrusions, attacks and frauds on their technical facilities and provide reports on the same to the licensor, Sinha said. These facilities are required to be created by the service providers within 12 months of effective date of getting authorisation.

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