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1. Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is
prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act.


2. Export Contr\B*]"*~SN Prem
Narayan conducted a Pre-license Check (PLC) at Bharti Airtel Ltd.
(BAL),New Delhi, on August 13, 2007.


3. BIS requested a PLC at BAL, a private sector ].]5l Estate III, New Delhi 110020, Tel:
91-11-4161-5050, Fax: 91-11-4171-1050, Email: jp.singh@bharti.com,
website: www.airtelworld.com. BAL was listed as the ultimaQlR3)|Qclock controlled under ECCN
3A002. The license applicant was Symmetricom, Inc. (Symmetricom),
San Jose, CA.


3. ECO and FSN Narayan met with J.P. Singh (Singh),@ uined that BAL had previously purchased a DCD Cesium
Clock from Symmetricom which was installed at its Chennai facility.
The cesium tube in the unit malfunctioned 4Q|0
ynit was sent to Symmetricom for repair. The cesium tube
malfunctioned a third time and was again sent to Symmetricom. On
this occasion, it was determined the devc1dQ< ed that the cesium tubes are generally considered rugged
and come with a 10-year warranty. As the cesium clock was still
under warranty, Symmetricom agreed to re0i|6HQ]ufacture this particular cesium
clock. So, BAL agreed to
accept Symmetricom's newest model and cover the difference in cost
between the original and the replacem%j__Xzaction, BAL provided copies of
correspondence between BAL and Symmetricom, BAL purchase order for
the cost difference, BAL End User Statement, and Form BXA-711. T(QQUPD-0Q}^ated the part and serial number
of the older cesium clock as 9904310004 and 53536 respectively.
Singh stated that Symmetricom would destroy the original clock.=::QX5 would be
used to synchronize
all of BAL's telecom networking equipment. BAL's brand name is
Airtel which is the largest cellular network in India. The clock:ZQQQO.QFgnal
for distribution to the
network. He stated that using a reference clock with a high degree
of accuracy minimizes the jitter and increases the efficiency oJxHQi{AL Chennai facility is
piggybacking on the cesium clock operating at its Mumbai facility.



7. All BAL purchases are processed through the BAL Delhi office.
Sin''1{V@Zx8apped to the BAL Delhi
office and then forwarded to its Chennai facility.


8. BAL, established in 2001, is an associate company of Bharti
Enterprises, a leading Q9V,UQQ1is
the only operator to provide mobile services in all 23 geographic
circles in India with an aggregate of 14.42 million clients. BAL
also provides fixed-line teKQQ1NQQr
DSL in 14 out of 23 circles. BAL complements its mobile, broadband
and telephone services with national and international long distance
services. BALtqQ2\oddion at
Chennai, which connects to Singapore. BAL provides end-to-end data
and enterprise services to corporate clients by leveraging its
nation-wide fiber 4kQPQNQin
3EIfixed-line and mobile circles, VSATs, ISP and international
bandwidth access through gateways aQ$