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Britain, India sign six deals, including Vodafone 1.3 billion pound investment

Published: 13 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am | Last Updated: 08 Nov 2021 - 05:52 am
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LONDON: Britain has signed six deals with India, including a 1.3 billion pound investment by Vodafone (VOD.L), British Trade Minister Francis Maude said on Thursday during a visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to London.
After a speech to businessmen in which Modi outlined how much work had been done by India to make the country more business-friendly, Maude said deals had also been done with Lightsource, a solar voltaic energy generator, Intelligent Energy on clean energy and King's College Hospital.
"The first agreement I can announce is Vodafone, which has announced further investments in India to a total of 1.3 billion pounds," Maude said. He said the investment covered network expansion and upgrades, and new technology and data centres.

Reuters