BSNL Plans to Set Up 1 Lakh Wi-Fi Hotspots Across India by March 2019

State run telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam LTD (BSNL) confirmed that it will be set up a whopping 1 lakh Wi-Fi hotspots across the country by March 2019. This news was confirmed by BSNL’s Chairman and Managing Director Anupam Shrivastava to Press Trust of India (PTI).

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“We have plans to set up 1 lakh Wi-Fi by March 2019, which include 25,000 for rural areas. The USOF (Universal Service Obligation Fund) will provide financial support for rural Wi-Fi hotspots,” Shrivastava told reporters at the launch of the GST application.

Anupam Shrivastava also said that BSNL will invest about Rs. 1,800 crores in setting up 70,000 Wi-Fi hotspots and the USOF is providing a fund of Rs. 900 crores, alongside three years of operation and maintenance for setting up 25,000 hotspots.

“We will set up another 5,000 Wi-Fi hotspots on revenue share basis and BSNL is not required to invest capital… we are only providing bandwidth,” Shrivastava said.

Yesterday, in a move to promote GST and assist on the various procedures involved, Masters India has ventured into collaboration with BSNL to provide a set of veritable solutions for GST compliance. These solutions are exclusively crafted for BSNL users- both landline and mobile, available on a PAN-India level.

“At a time when a new entrant (Reliance Jio) has changed the dynamics of doing business in the telecom sector, tariffs are going to rock bottom, we need to explore other models for generating revenue. The GST filing service that we are providing in partnership with Masters India will be on revenue sharing basis and it will attract customers to our network,” Shrivastava said.