Vihaan Networks Limited Grabs BSNL’s North East Mobile Tower Project

Vihaan Network Limited, the home-grown telecom equipment manufacturer, has bagged BSNL’s infrastructure project at an auction today by emerging as the lowest bidder to finish the project under Rs. 1648 crore. The state-run BSNL’s project involves providing connectivity in over 4000 villages in remote areas of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam.

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Vihaan Network Limited, as mentioned earlier emerged as the lowest bidder in the tender opened for the first phase of the project yesterday by BSNL, VNL will get whole of Arunachal Pradesh which will be around 70% share in the first phase of the North East mobile Connectivity.

This project is part of the Rs 5,336.18 crore worth Comprehensive Telecom Development Plan for the North-Eastern Region (NER) comprising 8 states which were approved by the Union Cabinet in September 2014. With this project, the telco intends to provide mobile coverage in 8,621 unconnected villages and seamless coverage along National Highways in the North-East region through 6,673 towers and will be funded from the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF).

Rest of the 30% of the project would be given to the second lowest bidder HFCL with around 20% price differential at Rs. 1970 crores but will be executed at the same price as that of the lowest bid.

VNL, who has been developing end-to-end telecom infrastructure products and solutions has been given the responsibility of creating the infrastructure across bordering state of Arunachal Pradesh while the other partner will execute the project in two districts (Karbi Anglong & Dima Haso) of Assam.