TEPC sends letter to DoT, terms BSNL statements vague

NEW DELHI: Homegrown telecom gear makers have refuted the state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) views on the reliability of indiginous equipment, saying that such products meet necessary standards, and can only be supplied after accessing quality, adding that the security concerns should be taken into account in line with ambitious Atmanirbhar (self-reliance) initiative.
Strongly disagreeing with state-owned telco, the Telecom Equipment and Services Export Promotion Council (Tepc) in a letter to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) dated December 4 said that, “as regards to the quality of products, the remarks (by BSNL) are absolutely vague and not specific. The indiginous equipment is purchased by BSNL after proper testing and infrastructure assessment.”
Former telecom secretary Shyamal Ghosh-headed group represents domestic telecom equipment manufacturers.