The government is planning to do away with the regulation that requires global telecom gear makers to deposit their software codes in the equivalent of a sealed envelop with the Indian security establishment. The Department of Telecom (DoT) plans to amend the escrow mechanism in the proposed vendor agreement that all operators had to sign with their foreign gear suppliers before undertaking imports. The DoT and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) will take a look at the roles, responsibilities and obligations of the telecom gear vendor, the managed service provider and the telecom service provider before defining the vendor agreement.
