PW Bureau
Phone companies might also monitor international long-distance (ILD) traffic on select routes with India’s military calling a high alert near the India-Pakistan border
Kolkata/Barcelona: Telecom operators are likely to comply with the government’s request to intercept suspect calls between India and Pakistan. Phone companies might monitor international long-distance (ILD) traffic on select routes with India’s military calling a high alert near the India-Pakistan border. In case hostilities mount, telecom companies are also preparing themselves to improve their periodic network security drills, but they are yet to receive any specific instructions from the government.
If the armed forces or government agencies require assistance from telecom service providers (TSPs), they would “be highly confidential and known only to the designated nodal officer in each TSP. The nodal officer is bound by strict confidentiality requirements. So, unable to confirm if any requests have been received by operators,” Rajan Mathews, director general of Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), which represents Vodafone Idea, Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio Infocomm, said.