IIT-Madras Pravartak becomes India’s first lab to get telecom dept’s nod to test 5G core network

The Telecom Security Testing Lab (TSTL) of the IIT-Madras Pravartak Technologies Foundation has become the first laboratory in the country authorised by the Centre’s Department of Telecommunications to test 5G core-network function, Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) and 5G Group-I devices, officials said.

The certification empowers the laboratory to conduct cutting-edge security assessments of 5G mobile-telecom equipment, enabling rapid deployment of secure and resilient 5G infrastructure across the country.