India

Overview

India is one of the world's fastest growing markets for information and communications technologies (ICTs).  It is a signatory to both the WTO Information Technology Agreement (ITA) and the Basic Telecommunications and Value-Added Services Agreement (BTA).

In acknowledgement of the impact of the ICT sector on economic relations, U.S. President George W. Bush and Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh initiated the bilateral Information and Communications Technology working group in July 2005 as part of the U.S.- India Economic Dialogue. The group has meetings alternating between capitals, and the inaugural meeting was held in December 2005 in Washington, D.C. The ICT working group complements the existing bilateral meetings such as the High-Technology Cooperation Group and the Trade Policy Forum.

As co-chair, TIA supports the U.S.-India ICT Working Group and provides policy input into the dialogue.  We work with both the U.S. and Indian governments to represent TIA member and industry views and to provide examples of the impact of policy and regulation on market development, growth and investment.

Recent Activity

TIA coordinated and submitted the U.S. telecommunications subcommittee’s policy recommendations to the U.S. Department of State for the meeting of the U.S. India-ICT Working Group on December 13, 2011 in New Delhi, India.  Pulling together input from TIA members and other companies, including major U.S. Service Providers, TIA’s Telecommunications Subcommittee Policy Paper focused on in-country security testing requirements, indigenous manufacturing, spectrum, licensing and IP-enabled services issues.

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