Telecom gear makers oppose DoT’s move to provide source code

NEW DELHI: Multinational telecom gear makers have opposed the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) move that mandates to provide “source code” as a part of India’s renewed focus on network security.

“The telecom department is working on a provision that may include providing source code of every network equipment deployed as a part of security assurance testing,” an industry source told ETTelecom and added that the vendors had already opposed any such move.

The department’s security division, according to people aware of the matter has asked its Bengaluru security centre to seek source code from equipment vendors so that it could come under detailed scrutiny within the accredited test labs.