Department of Telecommunications has taken various policy and technical measures to strengthen the security of the telecom network in the country

India, Feb. 4 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

Minister of State for Communications and Rural Development, Dr Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar, in a written reply to an unstarred question in the Lok Sabha today said that the Department of Telecommunications has taken various policy and technical measures to strengthen the security of the telecom network and to prevent cyber-attacks and misuse of telecommunications infrastructure in the country. The notable ones are as under:

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