India and UK strike tech co-operation pact and plot deeper links once Brexits done
Details vague, but ambitions cover 5G, security of comms infrastructure and sharing RD India has signalled it will sign up to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Kingdom, covering “cooperation in the field of Telecommunications/Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)."…
Date: 2020-11-05
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