India allows telecom imports after eight-month ban

India has relaxed an eight-month ban on imports of telecommunication equipment, approving orders from China's ZTE and Huawei and Finland's Nokia Siemens Networks, executives said Wednesday, as security fears fade before an urgent need to roll out third-generation wireless infrastructure.
ZTE agreed to tough new security regulations, including handing over proprietary information called source code used to run networks, regular inspections and large penalties for security breaches, two executives said on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the ongoing discussions.
It was not clear Wednesday whether Huawei and Nokia Siemens Networks, which won a contract this week to build out Tata Teleservices' 3G network, also agreed to the regulations.