Companies Facing Delay in Products
A senior executive from a telecom company in a conversation with ET Telecom remarked that the government had already said beforehand that the process would be a little time taking hence telecom companies are only bearing up with what they have been warned of. However, some believe that if things keep on taking up time then the 5G plans of some of the telecom companies might be delayed. Also, because of the delay, some of the telecom companies have placed advance orders.
Vendors Worried About the Security Process Timelines
The execs from some of the leading vendors have also shown concern about the absence of review and feedback from the authorities. As per the vendors, while the companies are supplying a lot of information and updates to the authority, there has been little to no feedback hence causing the companies to operate in the dark. There are two tags worthy to note “trusted sources” and “trusted products”. NCSC is yet to give its first “trusted sources” tag to any company in India. On the other hand, the “trusted product” tag will mean that the details of the product will have to be supplied to the NCSC portal at every stage of the deployment. The official also said that there is going to be a visible impact from September. Even the telcos are not placing orders right away because they also want to seek clarity before doing so.
