Rs 400 crore set aside to tap your phone!
13 Dec 2012 7:57 AM IST
The government on Wednesday said it will set up a centralised monitoring system for lawful interception of telephone and internet services and has allocated Rs 400 crore for the project.
Minister of State for Communications and IT, Milind Deora, said this in a written reply to Lok Sabha.
The total fund allocation for setting up CMS is Rs 400 crore and so far an expenditure incurred on research and development is Rs 76.86 crore and Rs 4.25 crore on roll out of the project, Deora added.
‘The salient features of CMS include direct electronic provisioning of target number by a government agency without any manual intervention from telecom service providers on a secured network, enhancing secrecy level and provision of target,’ he said.
CMS will have central and regional database, which will help central and state level law enforcement agencies in interception and monitoring. Analysis of call data records will help in establishing linkage between anti-national and anti-social elements.
‘The development work of the system is largely completed. Pilot project has been completed by 30 September 2011 at Delhi, under which C-DOT has installed two ISF servers, one each for MTNL and Tata Communications and interception services have been integrated and tested successfully for these two operators,’ Deora said.
Minister of State for Communications and IT, Milind Deora, said this in a written reply to Lok Sabha.
The total fund allocation for setting up CMS is Rs 400 crore and so far an expenditure incurred on research and development is Rs 76.86 crore and Rs 4.25 crore on roll out of the project, Deora added.
‘The salient features of CMS include direct electronic provisioning of target number by a government agency without any manual intervention from telecom service providers on a secured network, enhancing secrecy level and provision of target,’ he said.
CMS will have central and regional database, which will help central and state level law enforcement agencies in interception and monitoring. Analysis of call data records will help in establishing linkage between anti-national and anti-social elements.
‘The development work of the system is largely completed. Pilot project has been completed by 30 September 2011 at Delhi, under which C-DOT has installed two ISF servers, one each for MTNL and Tata Communications and interception services have been integrated and tested successfully for these two operators,’ Deora said.
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