Lok Sabha Question No. 3151 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-16
Subject: Telecom Network Testing Laboratories
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH, BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO, GAJANAN CHANDRAKANT KIRTIKAR, ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN, JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3151 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 th  MARCH, 2016

## TELECOM NETWORK TESTING LABORATORIES

## 3151.  KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH:

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

SHRI ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN:

DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN:

Will  the  Minister  of  COMMUNICATIONS  AND  INFORMATION  TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  had  decided  to  set  up  telecom  network  testing laboratories in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the places where these laboratories are set up/likely to be set up along with the aims/objectives for setting up of these laboratories;
- (c) whether there is inordinate delay in setting up of these laboratories;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (e) the effective steps taken/being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

(a) & (b) Madam, Government had not decided to  set  up  telecom  network testing  laboratories.  However,  Government  has  set  up  a  Next  Generation  Network (NGN) Transport laboratory, Internet Protocol version  6(IPV6) Ready Test  laboratory, Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) test laboratory and a pilot test laboratory for Telecom Testing and Security Certification. These test laboratories have been set up for testing some Network Elements of the Telecom Networks. The objectives of these laboratories are as indicated below:

i. NGN Transport laboratory: NGN test Lab has been set up at Telecommunication Engineering Centre(TEC) New Delhi, to keep pace with the advancement of technology and to carry  out  tests,  and  issue  test  reports,  test certificates,  etc.,  w.r.t.  conformance,  interoperability,  performance,  functionality, regression, stability, etc., of the network components/equipments in accordance with various national/international standards

ii.  IP  V6 Ready test laboratory: IPv6 Ready Logo has been set up at TEC New Delhi to provide testing and examination facility for IPv6 Ready Logo Certification which is internationally recognized iii. SAR Test laboratory: SAR Lab has been set up at TEC New Delhi to carry out audit of the SAR values of the mobile phones.

iv.  Pilot  test  laboratory  for  Telecom  Testing  and  Security  Certification  at  Indian Institute  of  Science  (IISc),  Bangalore  has  been  established  to  develop  test standards,  test  processes  &  test  tools  for  the  security  testing  &  certification  of telecom equipments. Testing up to EAL3 for VOIP switches and routers has been done.

Further, Government is under the process of setting up other Test laboratories focusing on other aspects of Telecom Networks like Customer Premises Equipments & Terminal  Lab  (CPE  &  TL),  Access  laboratory,  Security  Test  laboratory  at  TEC,  New Delhi. The objectives of these test laboratories are as indicated below:

- (i) Customer Premises Equipments & Terminal Laboratory:  For testing of CPEs like  Telephone  handsets  including  multiline,  cordless,  CLIP,    Modems, Telephone  attachments,  POS  terminals,  SIP  terminals,  and  CPEs  having Bluetooth and Wi-fi capabilities etc.
- (ii) Access  laboratory:  For  testing  of  standards  of  GSM,  EDGE,  WCDMA, HSDPA, HSUPA, CDMA2000, LTE and 'LTE Advanced User Equipment' etc. and  Access  nodes  e.g.    E-node  B,  BTS,  BSC,  RNC,  Wi-Fi  and  Wi-MAX Access nodes etc.
- (iii) Security  Test  laboratory:  For  security  testing  of  various  networks  elements and Customer Premises Equipments.
- (c) to (e) There is no inordinate delay in setting up of  the above laboratories.

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