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.. and meanwhile, the best part of 32 STM-1s worth of fiber is lying dark ... srs http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=61366 > Flag, VSNL spar over bandwidth > > Posted online: Thursday, December 23, 2004 at 0046 hours IST > > MUMBAI, DECEMBER 22: TATA group company VSNL, one of the original > investors in the Flag Cable Systems in 1995-1996, has been > accused by Flag Telecom Ltd, a Reliance company, of artificially > restricting access on Flag Europe Asia (FEA) cable and preventing > the ability to respond to market demand. as another article points out, they're invoking WTO GATS provisions on this - > http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/968127.cms > VSNL violates WTO norms > > PTI[ WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2004 07:38:18 PM] > MUMBAI: VSNL has been accused of restricting access on Reliance > group-owned FLAG Europe Asia cable, which is in direct violation > of WTO's General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). and then, REACH, seconded by VSNL, stirs the pot a bit more .. http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1159772,0003.htm > FLAG partner calls for meet on cable upgrade > Press Trust of India > Mumbai, December 19, 2004|16:45 IST [...] > The global carrier wants to discuss "unauthorised upgrade of FEA > cable between UK and UAE" as it did not get approval from all 12 > landing signatories, which is required under the Construction and > Maintenance Agreement (C&MA), REACH said in a letter to FLAG Telecom > Ltd's management committee. -- Suresh Ramasubramanian ([email protected])
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