The Telecom department has chose to rule out the use of Chinese
equipment in the upgradation of the 4G equipment of the state-owned
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited or BSNL. Government sources said the department has been asked to rework the tender in this regard.
Following the violent clashes between Indian and Chinese troops at the Galwan Valley in the east of Ladakh along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) on June 15 night, Indian Railways on Thursday (June 18) embarked upon the process to cancel the contracts given to Chinese companies in the Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC).
Kolkata: Huawei and India's private telco lobby group reacted strongly to news that New Delhi is set to restrict, and in some cases even bar, the involvement of Chinese telecom equipment makers in the country.
Likewise, decks are being cleared to terminate the contract of the Chinese signalling behemoth China Railway Signal and Communication (CRSC) Corp., in the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor. This is the only Chinese presence in the mega project, which is now keen to engage Indian players, officials said.
Along with this, the department, which comes under the Ministry of Communications, is also mulling asking private telcos to reduce their dependence on China and Chinese equipment.
There are questions of security always raised with respect to the network security of equipment made by Chinese companies, government sources told CNN-News18. The contract, worth around Rs 500 crore involved designing, constructing, testing, supplying, telecommunications, commissioning signalling as well as associated works for two lines of 413 km in UP's New Bhaupur-Mughalsarai section. The patterns of ownership of ZTE and Huawei could become a sticking point in the network upgradation plans of India.
The Indian government has prohibited state owned telecommunication company BSNL from sourcing upgradation gear from Chinese companies including Huawei, marking India's first economic sanction on China after the Glawan valley skirmish. Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation Limited (DFCCIL) has already written to the World Bank for terminating the contract.
Following the violent clashes between Indian and Chinese troops at the Galwan Valley in the east of Ladakh along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) on June 15 night, Indian Railways on Thursday (June 18) embarked upon the process to cancel the contracts given to Chinese companies in the Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC).
Kolkata: Huawei and India's private telco lobby group reacted strongly to news that New Delhi is set to restrict, and in some cases even bar, the involvement of Chinese telecom equipment makers in the country.
Likewise, decks are being cleared to terminate the contract of the Chinese signalling behemoth China Railway Signal and Communication (CRSC) Corp., in the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor. This is the only Chinese presence in the mega project, which is now keen to engage Indian players, officials said.
Along with this, the department, which comes under the Ministry of Communications, is also mulling asking private telcos to reduce their dependence on China and Chinese equipment.
There are questions of security always raised with respect to the network security of equipment made by Chinese companies, government sources told CNN-News18. The contract, worth around Rs 500 crore involved designing, constructing, testing, supplying, telecommunications, commissioning signalling as well as associated works for two lines of 413 km in UP's New Bhaupur-Mughalsarai section. The patterns of ownership of ZTE and Huawei could become a sticking point in the network upgradation plans of India.
The Indian government has prohibited state owned telecommunication company BSNL from sourcing upgradation gear from Chinese companies including Huawei, marking India's first economic sanction on China after the Glawan valley skirmish. Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation Limited (DFCCIL) has already written to the World Bank for terminating the contract.
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