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The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has cleared the import of telecom equipment by operators, especially from China. The import of telecom equipment by leading Indian telecom operators like Reliance communications and Tata Teleservices was stuck for over eight months and this had affected the launch of 3G services in the country. The PMO has directed the telecom ministry that both the earlier security vetting regime as well as the new agreement, based on stricter restrictions, should be operated concurrently, with the telecom operators free to adopt either.

Responding to PMO’s directive, Department of Telecommunications (DoT) will clear request on import of...

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