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India to tax / levy license fees on ISPs that offer VPNs
From: Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh () outblaze com>
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 20:45:34 +0530
http://www.india-gii.org/wiki/index.php/Position_Papers/VPN_Tax
From Www.india-gii.org http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/923746.cms DoT to dash hopes of virtual private network ISPs MANOJ GAIROLATIMES NEWS NETWORK[ MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2004 11:58:11 PM] NEW DELHI: Standalone ISPs, including Satyam Infoway, HCL, Global Telesystems and Estel will be hit by the new policy that imposes an entry fee of Rs 10 crore and an annual revenue share of 8% on gross revenue of ISPs providing virtual private network (VPN) services.
A "crore" is 10 million, so this ridiculous "entry fee" is approx 2.2 million dollars at current exchange rates..
-- suresh ramasubramanian suresh () outblaze com gpg # EDEDEFB9 manager, security & antispam operations, outblaze limited
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- India to tax / levy license fees on ISPs that offer VPNs Suresh Ramasubramanian (Nov 16)
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- Re: India to tax / levy license fees on ISPs that offer VPNs Deepak Jain (Nov 16)