[March]Telecom licensing conditions amended

Question 1

What?

Answer 1

-Particular lokansathi(mhnje government mostly) telecommunication che equipments ghetanna defence and national security cha vichar kela jaeel. -> due to that telcos can use telecom products only from trusted sources.

Question 2

Who will decide which equipments are trusted & which are not?

Answer 2

National Cyber Security Coordinator(NCSC) based on approval of a committee headed by the deputy National Security Advisor (NSA)

Question 3

Who is NCSC?

Answer 3

• Office created in 2014

- coordinates with different agencies at the national level for cyber security matters

Question 4

Impacts

Answer 4

Chinese telecom companies expected to get affected.