India’s NCSC approves Samsung as trusted source

Korean equipment maker Samsung has received trusted sources approval from the National Cyber Security coordinator (NCSC) even as China’s Huawei and ZTE continue to wait, according to sources.

Previously, European telecom vendors Ericsson and Nokia along with US-based Cisco and Mavenir and home-bred Tejas Networks and HFCL received trusted sources approval from the designated authority.

Nokia and Cisco recently confirmed that they have started to receive “trusted products” approvals from the NCSC.

NSCS is part of the National Security Council (NSC) that advises the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on matters related to national security and strategic interest.

Under the initiative, telcos have to access the portal and specify the telecom products they wish to procure and from which vendors, following which the government would contact the concerned vendors to submit the details of the products on the portal.

Once the vendor submits the required details, the telecom wing of the cybersecurity body would decide whether the products can be deemed as ‘trusted’ or not. Tech U4