India, Sept. 28 -- TEC - the technical arm of the Department of Telecom, which is responsible for making telecom standards - has decided to provide free access to specifications and technical documentation prepared by it.

It should be noted that providing free access to the most valuable technical standards shall be useful in accelerating the promotion of the knowledge of telecom technology as well as domestic manufacturing along with public procurement preference to make in India.

TEC is responsible for making standards called Generic Requirements (GRS), Interface Requirements (IR), Essential Requirements (ERs) for various telecom products, networks, systems and services to be deployed in the Indian Telecom Network, on the basis of Int...