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The U.S. telecom industry has urged the Indian government to reevaluate its policies with regard to capitalization requirements and telecom licences application fees as the latter reduces the amount of resources available to service providers to invest in building out their networks and connecting India’s vast population. “TIA urges India to reevaluate the basis for license application fees, capitalization requirements and bank guarantees as it applies to telecommunications service provider licences,” the Telecommunications Industry Association said in a memorandum submitted to the U.S. Trade Representative. TIA stated that the body is concerned over discriminatory policy proposals that India is contemplating aimed at increasing manufacturing and innovation in the ICT sector, and that this signals a reversal of the generally open-market and pro-competitive policies India has taken in this sector. “Specifically, TIA and its members are very concerned about the recommend...