Director General (Telecom), Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications, Sanchar Bhawan, Ashoka Road, New Delhi-110001

99 -- INDIA: SOL TENDER NO. 11-28/94-MMT (TM) DUE 033195 POC Tel 91-11-3032787 FAX 91-11-371514 4812 ''s'' cellular mobile telephone service Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications, new Delhi, proposes to introduce cellular mobile telephone service in the following Telecom territorial circles except areas specifically excluded as mentioned below in the country a andaman and nicobar B andhra pradesh C Assam D bihar e Gujarat F haryana (except the local areas served by faridabad and gurgaon telphone exchanges) G himachal pradesh H jammu and Kashmir I karnataka J kerala K madhya pradesh L maharashtra (except the local areas served by kalyan telephone district) M North East N orissa 0 Punjab P rajasthan Q Tamil nadu (except area covered by maraimalai nagar export promotion zone (mepz), minjur and mahaballipuram) R uttar pradesh (except the local telephone area of ghaziabad, noida) s West Bengal note following 4 Metropolitan cities for which tenders have already been invited are excluded from the scope of this tender 1) Delhi, 2) Bombay; 3) Calcutta and 4) madras on behalf of the president of India sealed tenders are invited from Indian companies registered under Indian companies act, 1956 for providing this service workable on licence by the Director General, Telecom on non- exclusive basis bidders are free to bid for all or any number of the circles cited above offer should conform to groupe speciale mobile (gsm) standards in the 900 mhz band the selected licencee will have to provide and operate the service according to the terms and conditions laid down by the Department of Telecommunications an Indian company who is having a foreign partner will only be permitted to participate in this tender the Indian joint venture company must have foreign equity of at least 10 percent foreign equity will be permitted to a maximum of 49 percent new Delhi they are available from the Office of the Section officer (mmt), Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications, room no 1222, Sanchar bhavan, 20 Ashoka Road, new Delhi-110001, on payment of dols 1,601 non-refundable the payment will be accepted in the form of a crossed, account payee demand draft drawn on any scheduled Bank in new Delhi in favor of the pay and accounts officer, Department of Telecommunications (headquarters), new Delhi action requested please bring this major trade opportunity to the attention of American companies for their participation Post contact/prepared by opgupta they are not included in the regular government tender file (tnyymmdd.TOP) because of their size. This separate file is provided as a convenience to users who do not want to download Japan tenders in the regular tender file there are 2 leads for today 02/02/95 Please send a copy of your response to: Commercial Section (FCS TOP), American Embassy, New Delhi, Dept of State, Washington DC 20521 9000, Refer to T0004.. (0033)

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