BSNL 4G Roll Out Stalled by Vested Interests: BSNL Employees Union

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Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) Employees Union (EU) on Thursday said that the delay in the roll out of BSNL 4G services is hampering the operator’s revival plans. The BSNLEU in a letter to the secretary of Department of Telecommunications (DoT) highlighted several issues including the non-implementation of measures announced as part of BSNL revival package. Additionally, BSNLEU said that the BSNL management should address several key issues including the timely payment of salary to BSNL employees and the revision in the wages for non executives. BSNLEU also said that the management should create one single unit for managing Mumbai, Kolkata and Jabalpur telephone factories of BSNL.

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BSNLEU Says Vested Interests Stalling 4G Roll Out

BSNLEU said in the letter that the tender floated by the operator to procure 4G equipment “has been stalled as a result of the conspiracy hatched by vested interests.”

Following the escalated confrontation at Ladakh’s Galwan valley between the Chinese and the Indian troops, Indian government is said to have told DoT to rework the BSNL 4G tender. The reworked tender would restrict BSNL from sourcing telecom gear made by Chinese companies. Additionally, Niti Aayog, the Indian government’s policy think tank is said to have suggested BSNL to go for indigenously designed, developed and manufactured products for its 4G network. The suggestion from Niti Aayog would not only bar Chinese vendors from bidding in BSNL tender but also bar European players like Ericsson and Nokia.

BSNL in late March issued a tender that requires the vendors to deal with the planning, engineering, supply, installation, testing, commissioning and annual maintenance of 4G mobile network across India. BSNL said that the winners of the tender will deal with 50,000 sites of BSNL along with 7000 sites of MTNL located in Mumbai and Delhi circles. While the tender is currently active, BSNL has postponed the opening of the tender to July 15.