(a) Whether the ITI Palghat is assembling equipments like E10B and OCB-283 to meet the demand of Department of Telecommunications;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the details of the price difference and amount of foreign exchange spent for purchase of these equipments during the last three years?
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MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS
(SHRI TAPAN SIKDAR)
(a) Yes, Sir.
ITI has been meeting part requirement of DOT.
(b)
(i) ITI, Palghat is manufacturing OCB-283 Switching System of ALCATEL (France) Technology. OCB-283 system is a universal switching system for use as local trunk and transit switches.
(ii) ITI, Palghat was manufacturing DTAX equipment of E-10B design, production of which has since been phased out.
(c) Equipments are purchased from different suppliers at the same rate without any price difference. No foreign exchange has been spent by DOT for purchase of these equipments during the last three years.