Indian Security agencies to get mobile users’ location

In a year’s time, India’s security agencies will be able to access the location details of mobile phone users with a precision of up to 50 metres as part of their Call Detail Record (CDR).

To provide this Location Based Service (LBS), the service providers will have to install the necessary technical upgrades in the existing equipment. Similarly, the government will now be able to get the hardware and software designs and codes, deposited in the escrow accounts, inspected and analyzed by government designated experts in a bit to prevent or “detect any security hazards, malware or traps”.

These are some of the new measures the government has come out with in a bid to tighten the security norms governing the import to telecom-related equipment and expansion of telecom services in the country.

In coming out with these blanket security norms, the government has made it clear that its policy is not China-centric and will apply uniformly to all countries from where vendors and suppliers want to supply core telecommunication equipment to service providers in India.

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