As US-China tariff war escalates, DoT makes a ‘Chinese request’ to Airtel, Reliance Jio and Vodafone-Idea

India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has requested all telecom operators to submit details of Chinese equipment in their networks, as tensions rise in the US-China tariff war. “The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has written recently to all telcos (Airtel, Reliance Jio and Vodafone-Idea) to provide details of Chinese equipment in their networks,” a source told the Economic Times. The move aims to monitor potential security risks in India’s telecom infrastructure.

According to Economic Times, the Centre has recently made it clear that it would not encourage foreign direct investment (FDI) from China, despite the tariff war between the two largest economies on the planet.