ITI along with DoT opens a telecom testing center in Bengaluru

Anuradha Mitra, Member – Finance, Department of Telecommunications, Government of India, has inaugurated a new telecom testing facility at ITI, Bangalore Plant, Bengaluru to enable safety and security of telecom equipment in the country.

ITI has set up these Testing Labs in collaboration with DoT’s National Digital Communications Policy, making mandatory testing, validation and security certification of various network elements of Telecom network to protect, secure and make it less vulnerable from internal and external threats. These Labs have the capacity to test and certify the network elements, as per National & International Standards.

Anuradha Mitra, Membe – Finance, Department of Telecommunications, says, “The state-of-the-art facility for telecom equipment testing will enable ITI in offering testing services to various equipment manufacturers. These labs will not only strengthen the telecom testing ecosystem in the country but also serve in enhancing the user experience through better quality services.

Out of four labs, Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)/ Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) and Safety Lab have been commissioned by the Government.

K. Alagesan, Chairman & Managing Director, ITI Limited, says, “At ITI, we believe in constantly improving the infrastructure and coming out with robust mechanism to strengthen telecommunication technology development in India.This initiative, in support with DoT will witness a new era of telecom equipment testing and supplement make in India program of Government of India.”

In September 2018, as per directives from the Government of India, ITI Limited, in association with the Department of Telecommunications, has planned to establish a Telecom Testing Centre in its Bangalore plant. The foundation stone of testing labs was laid by Hon’ble Minister of Communications (Independent charge) & Minister of State of Railways Manoj Sinha in the presence of Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan on 2nd September, 2018.

The commercial services for EMI/EMC Testing and Safety Testing for Pre-compliance and Certification will commence from March 2019. The other two labs SAR testing Lab and Telecom Security Testing Lab are expected to become operational from July 2019.