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VSNL-FLAG Battle Escalates

Nicole Willing writes on Light Reading:

Accusations are flying fast between Indian carriers Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (VSNL) and Reliance Communications Ltd., engaged in a long-standing feud over access to a subsea cable landing station in Mumbai that’s heading back to the courts.

Here's the background: Reliance has long accused VSNL of inflating access charges, blocking its FLAG Telecom Group Ltd. subsidiary from selling capacity to other companies, and refusing to grant access to the landing station so that it can upgrade its FLAG Europe-Asia (FEA) cable system.

posted by Fergie @ 9/15/2006 12:36:00 PM