Govt seeks details from telecom gear makers to boost manufacturing

New Delhi: The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has sought details from telecom equipment gear makers about products they make locally and countries they export to so it can push the growth of their business globally by leveraging bilateral pacts to make India a global heavyweight in telecom equipment manufacturing, officials said.

“We have called around 100 companies, both local and global, including those participating in the production linked incentive (PLI) scheme for telecom equipment manufacturing, for a meeting on May 20. We basically want to understand what products are being made by them,” an official told ET.