"In a letter to S Gopalakrishnan, additional secretary in the Prime Minister Office (PMO) dated August 31, Telecom Equipment & Services Export Promotion Council (Tepc) said that "eligibility conditions for domestic companies were stringent". It added that the DoT went ahead with a ‘limited technology condition around ‘repeatered despite reservations by the Empowered Technology Group (ETG) headed by Principal Scientific Advisor K VijayRaghvan, which virtually eliminated local players from the fray."