Posted on 08/24/2005 11:28:59 PM PDT by nickcarraway
BANGALORE, India — India and Japan signed three agreements Wednesday (Aug. 24) during a ministerial forum to identify possible joint ventures and stand-alone projects in broadband, mobile communication, information security, R&D and ubiquitous computing.
The pact was signed in New Delhi by India’s communications and information technology minister, Dayanidhi Maran, and Taro Aso, Japan’s minister of internal affairs and communications.
The partners will form government-industry working groups to propose a detailed plan to implement programs.
India’s Center for Development of Telematics, Center for Development of Advanced Computing and the Indian Institute of Technology will undertake joint programs in R&D and training engineers along with NICT of Japan, according to statement.
"India's cost effective and innovative software skills can be productively aligned with Japan's undoubted prowess in the hardware industry," Maran said in a statement.
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