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The licensee shall employ only Indian National as Chief Technical officer, Chief Information Security Officer, Nodal executives for handling interception and monitoring cases and system administrators.
In the draft amendment of licences related to security concerns, the Telecom Ministry has also said that a penalty of Rs 50 crore (Rs 500 million) will be levied for any security breach which has been caused due to inadvertent inadequacy in precaution on the part of the telecom firm.
"The Licensee should build their own capability and capacity to maintain and operate the network, preferably through local maintenance personnel, albeit in a phased manner, because the telecom network is security sensitive infrastructure, government can mandate it when it feels it necessary to do so breach, penalty amount will be Rs 50 crore per breach.
"The Licensee shall deposit the penalty amount with the Licensor within 30 days of the issue of notice," according to draft proposal of the department of telecommunication.
The department has also proposed an amendment to the Unified Access service License Agreement for security related concerns for expansion of telecom services in various zones of the country.
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