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India UK strike tech co-operation pact and plot deeper links once Brexits done

India 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

URL: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2020/11/05/india_uk_tech_cooperation_mou/

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