As per industry sources, Mavenir has received ‘trusted source’ approval from the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS). 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.
The Mavenir has been investing in open radio access network (O-RAN) for the last five years, and has partnerships with more than 250 telecom service providers worldwide. With the approval, Mavenir joins the European telecom vendors Ericsson and Nokia along with the US-based Cisco, homebred Tejas and HFCL that have received trusted sources approval from the NCSC.
As per the regulation, 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.
