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    <date>2017-02-21 04:43:57</date>
    <fulldesc>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;New Delhi, Feb 21 (KNN)&lt;/strong&gt; For ASEAN countries Indian telecom products and services should become the number one choice as they accelerate the digital connectivity initiatives, Minister of Communications, Manoj Sinha has said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;Sinha said that Indian Telecom companies are willing to share technologies and enter into joint production ventures to develop entire telecom eco-system in any host country. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;In the event organized to commemorate the 25th year of the ASEAN-India relations on Monday, the Minister informed that India has already overtaken the United States to become the worlds 2nd largest Internet market, with more than 220 million Broadband subscribers and more than 450 million users, only behind China. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;In his address, Secretary Telecom, J,S,Deepak said that the potential of partnership between India and ASEAN is indeed huge and specific areas like GSM, broadband, e-education, tele-medicine, disaster management and capacity building can be explored in a win-win fashion. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;He said that Indian telecom products and designs are more affordable, durable and competitive and Indian companies can also provide services in the most difficult areas. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;TEPC (Telecom Equipment and Services Export Promotion Council) is organizing the two-day event with telecom ministers, senior government officials and industry leaders from Myanmar, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Brunei Philippines and Laos and representatives from Bangladesh and Bhutan. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;This event will witness more than100 foreign high profile ICT industry delegates from 30+ countries. The main objective of the event is to provide opportunities to Indian telecom exporters including SMEs and Start-ups to meet qualified overseas buyers. This event provides one to one meeting opportunities between buyers from different countries and Indian exporters who can enlighten them about their products and technology solutions. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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    <id>16493</id>
    <link>http://knnindia.co.in/news/newsdetails/sectors/indian-telecom-products-and-services-should-become-the-number-one-choice-for-asean-countries-manoj-sinha</link>
    <pubDate>2017-02-21 04:43:57</pubDate>
    <source>knnindia.co.in</source>
    <title>Indian telecom products and services should become the number one choice for ASEAN countries: Manoj Sinha</title>
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