India to examine security threat from Chinese telecom gear.

The Department of Telecom (DoT) on Wednesday said that with growing concern in many countries about alleged security threats from Chinese telecom equipment manufacturers, it would "carefully" study the issue. Telecom secretary Aruna Sundararajan also said that no decision had been taken on allowing Chinese firms to participate in the highly anticipated 5G trials to be conducted in India. "We have not taken a decision whether they can take part in the trials.

Many countries have expressed security concerns, so India will also have to study it very carefully,"Sundararajan told reporters on the sidelines of the launch of India's first indigenously developed semiconductor chips for 4G, 5G and LTE modems by Bengaluru-based Signalchip. Sundararajan's comments come amidst growing clamour about security threats...