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Doublle Sttandards
An undecllarred ban has been iimposed on tthe Chiinese companiies ffrrom suppllyiing
equiipmentts tto BSNL.. IIn tthe ttenderr tthatt iis rrecenttlly fflloatted tto prrocurre 5..5 miilllliion lliine
GSM equiipmentts,, BSNL has speciiffiied tthatt onlly tthrree Westterrn Companiies,, viiz..,,
Erriicsson,, Nokiia Siiemens and Allcattell Lucentt onlly can parrttiiciipatte iin tthe biiddiing.. Thiis
means tthatt Huaweii and ZTE,, tthe ttwo Chiinese companiies arre prracttiicalllly banned
ffrrom biiddiing..
CMD,, BSNL has ttolld tthe mediia tthatt tthiis deciisiion iis ttaken,, based on tthe diirrecttiive
ffrrom tthe goverrnmentt.. He allso sttatted tthatt tthe Westterrn Vendorrs arre expensiive
comparred tto tthe Chiinese companiies..
IIn a lletttterr sentt tto tthe BSNL on 10th May,, 2010,, tthe Communiicattiions Miiniisttrry iis saiid
tto have ttolld tthatt goverrnmentt has tto depend upon tthe nettworrks off BSNL onlly durriing
ttiimes off extterrnall aggrressiion and iintterrnall diistturrbances.. Hence,, BSNL shoulld nott
comprromiise on tthe securriitty ffacttorr,, Communiicattiions Miiniisttrry has saiid iin tthatt lletttterr..
The above viiew off tthe goverrnmentt iis absolluttelly corrrrectt.. Forreiign companiies can
iinsttallll spy warre and ttherreby can gett access tto sensiittiive datta.. Furrttherr,, by way off
iinsttalllliing mallwarre,, tthe nettworrks can be diisablled att a crriittiicall ttiime.. Howeverr,, tthe
above ffactt applliies nott onlly tto tthe Chiinese companiies,, butt allso tto tthe Eurropean and
Amerriican companiies.. Then,, why tthe Chiinese companiies allone arre siinglled outt?
Does iitt nott show tthe biias tthatt tthe goverrnmentt has..
Furrttherr,, we have been consiisttenttlly warrniing tthatt any sttep ttaken by tthe goverrnmentt iin
tthe ttellecom secttorr shoulld nott jjeoparrdiize tthe securriitty off tthe counttrry.. Howeverr,,
goverrnmentt has ttaken a numberr off such stteps.. IIncrreasiing tthe FDII lliimiitt iin ttellecom
ffrrom 49% tto 74%,, deciisiion fforr diisiinvesttmentt iin BSNL and ottherr measurres ttaken tto
weaken BSNL arre a ffew among such stteps.. Goverrnmentt shoulld sttop adopttiing such
doublle sttandarrds..
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