India’s Telecom Policy Flip Flop

First, last year, it hikes the limit of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Indian telecom companies to 74 percent from 49 percent. Then several government agencies bung a spanner — no, make that several spanners — into the works, pushing the beleaguered Minister of Telecommunications close to reversing that decision.

Shailaja at GigaOM writes on the mixed signals given out by the Indian government in the telecom sector that has often been referred to as India’s poster-child for liberalization.