India Bars ZTE, Huawei, Others From Sensitive Government Projects

hypnosec writes "The Indian Government has decided it won't be using telecom equipment from international vendors, and has barred all such foreign companies from participating in the US$3.8 billion National Optical Fiber Network (NOFN) project — a project aimed at bringing high-speed Internet connectivity to the rural areas of India. The DoT has decided that it will be going ahead with 100 per cent domestic sourcing and has released a list of certified GPON suppliers. This decision comes after the research wing of the ministry, C-DoT, advised the telecom department to bar Chinese companies like ZTE and Huawei, keeping in line with a similar decision by the U.S. In an internal memo, the research body advised the department that both these Chinese companies are a security threat to the telecom world."

Re:It's safe to say...

[AK Marc]

Yet the rest of the world still insists on using the large, cheap, suicidal and robotic workforce of China to produce it's consumer goods!

Suicide rate is higher in the US than in a Foxconn factory.

Re:Tinfoil Hats?

[Anonymous Coward]

American companies are also excluded. India has specified that it will be supplied by a domestic supplier.

Re:It's safe to say...

[AK Marc]

I hear the amount of shirts at 1 Wal-Mart is higher than how many shirts are in my closet too.

"rate" means # per person. Try to think before you post next time.

Re:Tinfoil Hats?

[azalin]

That's probably the reason those are excluded as well. While the summary focuses on the Chinese, it also states that no foreign suppliers will be involved.

Spy vs Spy

[Dorianny]

We hear national security and we all start thinking espionage and conspiracy theories. Truth is that economic losses can be just as devastating. All that expensive equipment needs regular servicing to function properly. All China would have to do is bar Huawei from offering its services in India and all that vital equipment is rather quickly going to turn into very expensive junk, leading to downtime and huge losses for whatever services rely on them. In its current spat with Japan, China proved more than willing to use economic warfare in disputes.