FILE PHOTO: India's Law and Telecoms Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, pauses during a news conference in New Delhi June 17, 2014. REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee/File Photo
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will identify "trusted" sources of telecoms gear its carriers can use in their networks as part of the new security directive for the sector, technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told a news conference on Wednesday.
While Prasad did not name any company or country from which sourcing of equipment would not be allowed, some Indian government officials have privately expressed concerns over mobile carriers' use of telecom gear from Huawei, which the United States has accused of spying for China.
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