This particular writing is being done at the fag end of 2016 for an important reason.An important
Global telecom equipment procured for Indian operators is under severe threat of some unnecessary
delays and standoff due to new screening requirements of the telecom sector.The administration wants all imported telecom equipment must pass through local screening(for security against malware and the Equipment Quality) before it is inducted in the network.The telecom vendor community sees possibility of red tape and corruption due to expected delay in this process.
This issue has origin in the quality assurance of fast growing broadband network and hand held devices of modern generation,where local test labs and accreditation centers have not come up to
cater for this market.Also telecom engineering center and its associate Organisations regionally
are not equipped to tackle the additional load.They lack both in terms of equipment of modern genre
as well as the trained staff for handling new age technologies and budget.Likewise the STQC organisation of Deity can't undertake testing of this nature on an All India basis.There are several testing requirements for assuring security(including cyber security) where Specialised digital testing
is required.
There are three interested parties involved in the process.Network Equipment Manufacturer,Telecon
Operators and System integrators- third party companies who install and test the equipment in and with the networks.System Integrators and Manufacturers share a plethora of complex relationships
and in many cases they roll into one entity as well.
We can safely conclude if we have team work between these three entities and the system integrators
companies we can achieve desired result fairly easily.The third party company should have skill set pertaining to T&M services and Cyber security as well.We will await comments from the telecom
community how feasible this arrangement will be,under present circumstances?
