3G can go ahead while monitoring is put in place: Chidambaram

Clothed in a move with the aim of may well find out GenNext mobile services together with capture on tape calls being to be had to customers, the government at the moment thought telecom operators can roll barred 3G telephony while working on the modalities to provide monitoring facilities to the security agencies.

Responding to questions by the side of his monthly press seminar called in place of giving the tell of Home Ministry in place of December, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram thought the Department of Telecom and his bureau were working mutually in putting in place selected rules and norms in place of intercepting or monitoring of 3G transactions in the consequence of nationwide security.

"We are putting place some mechanisms to television and intercept 3G services someplace it happen to basic on the reason of nationwide security.

"The thought is not to interrupt or delay the 3G services. The thought is to allow 3G services to function send on even while monitoring mechanisms are locate in place," Chidambaram thought.

"So rebuff single need to alarm with the aim of the 3G services will be interrupted or delayed," he added.

Earlier, DoT had issued notices to a a small number of telecom operators asking them to bring to a halt the GenNext mobile services -- 3G -- which includes capture on tape calling service -- asking them to locate on last the another services plow they adhered to security norms in place of its permissible interception.


The DoT and central security agencies had convened a first acquaintance of industry officials in December 20 carry on time and asked them to bring to a halt roll-out of 3G services plow they show support interception service.

3G mobile services principally include voice call, capture on tape calls and data services. Clothed in the data services, operators are claiming to offer high-speed internet service and requisite to offer monitoring service.

The DoT had sent a note to both TTSL and RCom asking them not to launch 3G services on advertisement basis plow they show support lawful interception facilities.

The note had pointed not far off from the shortcomings in interception facilities of capture on tape calling on 3G services in place of the agencies which need to be addressed by their launch.

According to an exhaustive observe sent by the Union Home Ministry to the DoT, a demonstration was organised by Reliance, Tata Teleservices and Bharti throughout which the law enforcement agencies pointed barred with the aim of online escape of capture on tape call intercepts "in real time" may well not be passed barred by some of the telecom operators.