In order to tighten security, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has asked telecom service providers to install remote access servers in India within the next six months. The operators will get permission for remote access only after the DoT is satisfied with the compliance report on the operators’ Indian remote access storage, according to a recent DoT communication.
In order to tighten norms for remote access, the provision to monitor data and voice traffic on cellular networks from remote locations, the DoT has also asked all the service providers to create on-line mirror image and audit trail of the remote access information.
The telcos will have to file technical returns every six months, or whenever changes happen, to respective term cells providing details of their entire network.
The international long distance operators will need to provide details of the international routes, countries to which their networks are connected directly, routing of international telecom traffic, the DoT has communicated to the service providers.
Moreover, the operators will have to provide training to the officials of the DoT and the term cells on the remote access methodologies.
Foreign carriers like AT&T, BT, France Telecom, Verizon, Cable & Wireless will be impacted with this move.
In 2009, India had agreed to the demand by global carriers that they be allowed to transfer user information of their clients to locations outside the country.
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In order to tighten norms for remote access, the provision to monitor data and voice traffic on cellular networks from remote locations, the DoT has also asked all the service providers to create on-line mirror image and audit trail of the remote access information.
The telcos will have to file technical returns every six months, or whenever changes happen, to respective term cells providing details of their entire network.
The international long distance operators will need to provide details of the international routes, countries to which their networks are connected directly, routing of international telecom traffic, the DoT has communicated to the service providers.
Moreover, the operators will have to provide training to the officials of the DoT and the term cells on the remote access methodologies.
Foreign carriers like AT&T, BT, France Telecom, Verizon, Cable & Wireless will be impacted with this move.
In 2009, India had agreed to the demand by global carriers that they be allowed to transfer user information of their clients to locations outside the country.
Read More