Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Saturday, Nov 13, 2004
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Telecommunications Secret mobile phone, holograms — Russian firm keen to tap Indian market Preeti Pandey
Bangalore , Nov. 12 THE Soviet Union has disintegrated but relics of the KGB and the Cold War remain. And these remnants are now being marketed by erstwhile state-owned enterprises as hi-tech gadgets for consumers in capitalist countries. The catch: Government clearance is required for sale of these products to `friendly' countries. India has long been on the list of countries considered friendly by the former USSR and this continues. Perhaps that explains the eagerness of ATLAS, the Scientific & Technical Center, a federal state-owned unitary enterprise, to establish marketing and manufacturing tie-ups for products such as the hologram and the Secret Mobile Phone (SMP). "We would like to enter into joint ventures with companies here but have not been able to make much headway as we are waiting for Government clearance," Mr Andrei P. Kukhtenkov, Head of Marketing Department, Atlas Scientific & Technical Center, told Business Line. Mr Kukhtenkov was part of the Russian IT delegation at the recently concluded Bangalore IT.Com.
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