ECIL enters into agreement with IIT to make routers
PTI | 06:08 PM,Aug 19,2011Hyderabad, Aug 19 (PTI) Electronics Corporation of India Ltd (ECIL), the public sector enterprise supplying strategic electronics equipment to nuclear, defence and aerospace sectors, has entered into a licensing agreement with IIT-Bombay to manufacture high speed transport routers developed by the Gigabit Networking Laboratory at the IIT. Based on the innovative technology developed by Prof Ashwin Gumaste and his team, these routers promise to set new price and performance benchmarks in an industry dominated primarily by imported products, a press note released here said. The development of the indigenously designed routers that carry built-in security features is significant in the context of apprehensions expressed by experts about the vulnerabilities posed by 'black box' products, populating the information highways which carry vital and strategic data. With the national data infrastructure set to grow many fold with gigabyte pipes slated to enter villages, this development fills a vital gap in the indigenous technology fabric, the press note said. An agreement to the effect was signed by Prof Khakkar, Director, IIT-Bombay and Y S Mayya, Chairman and Managing Director on August 17, the release said.
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