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Reply: Yes.

IV. TRADE POLICIES BY SECTOR / 3) Services / iii) Telecommunications

Peru 11:

11) Paragraph 122 states: "The telecommunications service operators can provide all telecommunications services." Peru wants to know if this means that India issues a single license that allows to offer all types of telecommunications services.

Reply: No. For providing different types of services, different licenses are issued. For example, for providing voice, data and video based services in a designated service area, unified access license is issued. For long distance and international long distance, there is a separate license.

IV. TRADE POLICIES BY SECTOR / 3) Services / iii) Telecommunications

Peru 12:

12) In paragraph 129 states: "In 2009, TRAI issued the Regulation on the Number Portability for implementing the Policy of number portability in mobile services. (...)" Peru wishes know if that number portability applies to fixed landline services as well?