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Chinese networking vendor Huwawei
Technologies said that it will bid for
a major Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL)
GSM contract even though it had
reneged on its earlier CDMA contract
after winning the bid by quoting the
lowest price. It is not clear why BSNL,
which had issued a show-cause notice
to the USD 8 billion company, did not
debar it from future contracts. Even
the outcome of the show-cause notice
is unknown.
Huwawei is embroiled in many
controversies. It was accused by
networking leader Cisco Systems of
plagiarizing its system and stealing
even the source code. Indian
intelligence agencies also have
"strategic concern" about the company
and suspicious of it. Its investors
are not known and suspected to be part
of the Chinese military.
Undeterred by all these hurdles,
Huwawei says that it will bid for the
60 million line GSM contract with 3rd
generation services and that it awaits
clearance to set up manufacturing
facilities in India as required by the
terms of the contract.
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