<p>The Department of Telecom (DOT) has assigned the task of management and maintenance of government network for confidential intra-departmental communications to Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL).<br /><br /></p>.<p>As per the proposal, MTNL will execute secured telecom network exclusively for select 1,400 users- mainly Union ministers and top bureaucrats and officers of security agencies for inter-ministerial communication. The network will use handsets developed by Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DoT) which are impossible to tap by outsiders or external agencies and MTNL will distribute the handset to users.<br /><br />Research firm<br /><br />The government had earlier given the task of executing ‘secured and dedicated communicate/ons network’, or SDCN, for confidential calls among government departments to (C-DoT), a state run telecom research firm and fixed January 30, 2014 as the deadline. However, the C-DOT failure to meet the deadline forced the government to hand over the task to MTNL, sources said.<br /><br />In a recent review meeting, the DOT has asked the C-DOT to handover all assets to MTNL by end of this month. MTNL will be given two months time to execute the project.</p>
<p>The Department of Telecom (DOT) has assigned the task of management and maintenance of government network for confidential intra-departmental communications to Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL).<br /><br /></p>.<p>As per the proposal, MTNL will execute secured telecom network exclusively for select 1,400 users- mainly Union ministers and top bureaucrats and officers of security agencies for inter-ministerial communication. The network will use handsets developed by Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DoT) which are impossible to tap by outsiders or external agencies and MTNL will distribute the handset to users.<br /><br />Research firm<br /><br />The government had earlier given the task of executing ‘secured and dedicated communicate/ons network’, or SDCN, for confidential calls among government departments to (C-DoT), a state run telecom research firm and fixed January 30, 2014 as the deadline. However, the C-DOT failure to meet the deadline forced the government to hand over the task to MTNL, sources said.<br /><br />In a recent review meeting, the DOT has asked the C-DOT to handover all assets to MTNL by end of this month. MTNL will be given two months time to execute the project.</p>
