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India, EU discuss cooperation on digital communications, economy

India, EU discuss cooperation on digital  communications, economy

New Delhi, Oct 26 (UNI) India and European Union (EU) on Friday stressed that digital communications and technologies are of vital importance for all spheres of society, business and government.
Union Communications Minister Manoj Sinha and European Commissioner for Digital Single Market and Vice President of the European Commission Andrus Ansip discussed cooperation on digital communications, digital economy and society.
Both the sides confirmed their commitment to further strengthen and broaden the cooperation in the field of digital communications and emerging technologies. India and the EU will work together to develop joint plans of action in the agreed areas of cooperation such as -- future networks and emerging technologies, including 5G,IoT/M2M, promoting R&D and innovation, network security, spectrum management, enhanced capacity development as well as policy and regulatory requirements among others.

EU expressed interest in strengthening cooperation in the area of testing and certification by supporting the visit of Indian Government experts to the European testing and certification laboratories for telecom equipment, with a view to exploring the possibility of India recognizing EU certifications. EU side also discussed about basic custom duties on some ICT products.


The India-EU co-operation dialogue on digital communications will take place annually through appropriate mechanism within the existing framework of the India-EU Joint Working Group on ICTs which was set up in 2011. Both sides agreed to hold the next India-EU dialogue on cooperation in the field of Digital Communications in the first half of 2019.
UNI SW ADG 1703

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