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India invited French Telecom Industry to set up manufacturing facilities in the country to tap the opportunities provided by the rapidly expanding telecom sector. During the meeting with the Minister of External Trade of France Mr. Francois Loos, who called on the Minister of Communications & Information Technology, Shri Dayanidhi Maran, here today, Shri Maran explained the visiting Minister and his delegation about the scope and future trend of the telecom industry in the country. The number of mobile subscribers have already exceeded the fixed telephone subscribers and in the next three years 120-150 million telephone connections are planned to be provided. In addition to this, in view of the recent announcement of broadband policy a target of providing 10 million broadband connections in the next three years has been set, Shri Maran said. The visiting French Minister pointed out that Alcatel is already working closely with the Indian Telephone Industries to manufacture the telecom equipment. He further showed keen interest in introduction of smart card technology and setting up of GSM handset manufacturing facilities in India.
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