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Friday, January 20, 2012

FIPB grants security clearance to Verizon India for stake transfer

India’s Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has reportedly granted security clearance to an application by Verizon Communications India to transfer a number of shares between two overseas holding companies. According to India’s Business Standard website, the long-awaited decision overrules previous concerns raised by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). The MHA had expressed reservations that the Indian unit, which originally secured ILD/DLD licences in November 2007, was sharing data with US intelligence agencies such as the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)


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