The softwareandthehardware used by the buyer shall accord with thespecifications prescribed by ChinaSecuritiesDepository and ClearingCorporation Limited.
Officials, however, are sceptical as to whether Delhi and Moscow can really shift their relationship from the prevailing unequal one of a buyer and seller of military hardware to jointly developing defence equipment and marketing it globally.
Some analysts have speculated that the hardware business could be sold off to an Asian handset buyer in a deal analogous to IBM's sale of the ThinkPad unit to Lenovo.