In a recent letter, the telecom equipment makers and their associations wrote: “We urge the government of India to suspend the October 30 draft DoT notification, clarify that the PMA policy will not be applied to any private sector procurements, and initiate a consultation process with global industry and other stakeholders to more effectively address India’s security and economic concerns.”
A department of telecommunications notification on October 30, 2012 stipulates that telecom operators will have to give preference to made-in-India telecom products due to ‘security issues’.
“The application of the PMA to private companies would represent an unprecedented interference in the procurement of commercial entities and would be inconsistent with India’s World Trade Organisation obligations,”
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