The government has started a facility in Bengaluru for testing Telecom products and equipment to ensure security in digital communications at the national level. This was stated by Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha at an event in New Delhi yesterday. He said, besides working for security from the national perspective, the state-of-art of facility will encourage development of testing and certification ecosystem in the country.<br />''  <br />'' The Telecom Department has set a deadline of April 2019 for mandatory testing of some telecom products including mobile phones and equipment. This will be applicable on all equipment that are imported to India or are sold in the country. However, there are some other telecom gears, that would go through the mandatory testing starting 1st January next year. These equipment include modems, audio conferencing, fax machines, satellite equipment etc.<br />''  <br />'' <br />