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

99 -- INDIA: SOL TENDER NO. 314-7/94-PHC DUE 033095 POC Tel 91-11-3032787 FAX 91-11-371514 481300 ''s'' - Basic telephone service Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications, new Delhi, has invited local bids for providing Basic telephone service on licence by the Director General, Telecom on non-exclusive basis in the following Telecom territorial circles a andhra pradesh B andaman and nicobar islands C Assam D bihar e Gujarat F haryana G himachal pradesh H jammu and Kashmir I karnataka J kerala K madhya pradesh L maharashtra (including mahanagar telephone nigam limited, Bombay) M North East N orissa 0 Punjab P rajasthan Q Tamil nadu (including madras metro district) R uttar pradesh s West Bengal (including Calcutta metro district) T Delhi (mahanagar telephone nigam limited, Delhi) 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 3,202, 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 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 T0003.. (0034)

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