In a major policy decision, an inter-ministerial committee approved a proposal to set up a dedicated and fully secure network for defence and security use using broadband telephony. The pilot project would be started in Delhi by the year-end with 5,000 officials connected through Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP).
After last month’s serial blasts in Mumbai, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan had complained that he could not reach his top officers, including the police chief, for nearly 15 minutes due to “complete collapse” of the mobile phone network.
Sources said secure VoIP customer premise equipment (CPE) would be integrated with existing landline numbers and restricted exchange (RAX) which is a limited secure phone system exclusively for the Prime Minister, his Cabinet colleagues, senior secretaries and private secretaries of ministers.
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