ARLA/CLUSTER: Ministro das telecomunicações da India ordena o cancelamento imediato de venda de equipamentos wireless na Internet por sugestão de grupo de radioamadores

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Telecommunications ministry tries to stop online transceiver sales

The Mumbai Mirror reports a complaint by radio amateurs has resulted in the
union Telecommunications ministry ordering websites to stop selling
wireless transmitting equipment online with immediate effect

The newspaper says:






*Following a complaint by a group of ham radio operators that wireless
equipment being sold online on e-commerce sites can pose a serious national
security threat, the union Telecommunications ministry has now ordered the
ecommerce websites to stop selling wireless equipments online with
immediate effect.In November 2016, a group of 78 ham operators had written
to the Wireless Advisor in the Telecommunications ministry at Sanchar
Bhavan warning them about a national security threat posed by unidentified
wireless transmissions being heard on the VHF frequencies used by the ham
operators. In the same letter, they had also drawn the attention of the
ministry and Prime Minister’s Office, the Intelligence Bureau, the three
defence chiefs to the unrestricted sales of open band, VHF, UHF two way
radios, wireless sets, walkie-talkies and base mobile stations.Taking
cognizance of letter, the Wireless Planning and Coordination Wing of the
Telecommunications ministry issued orders on Wednesday, April 26 to
e-commerce sites including Amazon.in, Ebay.in, Flipkart.com, Tolexo.com,
Cart2India.com, Grabmore. in, Fabtolab.com, Junglee.com among others to
stop selling these equipments immediately.Such sales are in violation of
the rules Indian Wireless Telegraphy (Possession) Act, 1965, which mandate
that any person using wireless telegraphy equipment needs to acquire a
licence and those selling such equipment need to acquire a Dealers
Possession Licence.*

Read the full story at
http://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/no-more-online-sale-of-wireless-radios/articleshow/58426490.cms
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