According to industry body associations COAI (Cellular Operators Association of India) and AUSPI (Association of Unified Telecom Service Providers of India), telecom operators have not been able to meet the 1st June 2012 deadline for complying with the new Equipment Security Agreement mandated by Indian government (Department of Telecom), that requires them to maintain location information up to the accuracy of 50 meters, reports PTI (Via The Economic Times). Quoting General Rajan Mathews, director of GSM industry body, COAI, the report mentions that operators have made various representations stating that the accuracy levels demanded by the government were not possible, and that the technology will cost to the tune of $2-3 billion and that the industry wants that the cost should be borne by the government as it is for the purpose of national security. Mathews also said that the department should first test the technology of vendors and that there should be consensus between law enforcement agencies, DoT and the industry before its deployment. S C Khanna, Secretary General, of AUSPI had said that telcos have not been able to find a vendor who is ready to commit the phase-wise implementation of LBS as mandated by DoT. COAI's Statement Last year, the COAI had issued a statement, saying the new Equipment Security Agreement requires operators to maintain location information up to accuracy of 50 meters for customers specified by Security Agencies by 1st June 2012, and for all customers by June 2014. It had said that the regulation could cost the Indian telecom operators…
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