"The working group discussed developments in the information and telecommunications sectors in both countries," the state department said in a statement after the two-day meeting which ended in Washington on Thursday.
"It focused on discussion of approaches governments can take to create an investment and regulatory environment that can maximise the development of the Information and Communication Technologies sector," it said.
The meeting was co-chaired by David Goss, state department's US Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy and M Madhavan Nambiar, additional secretary of the department of information technology.
The working group reviewed the recent World Summit on Information Society and discussed issues of mutual importance in multilateral organisations such as the International Telecommunication Union.
It also identified the need for more structured collaboration with the private sector, through the creation of public-private sector groups on telecommunications and information technology.
"Recognising the impact that the information and communications technologies sector has on the future of the US-India bilateral economic partnership, this initiative was launched in July during the visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as part of the US-India Economic Dialogue," the release said about the working group.
