DOT has requested the Central government to pay one time cost of the spectrum charges BSNL has been ordered to pay. The DOT has well considered the roll of BSNL in mainaining telecom infrastrucure pan India and its present financial position and hence made this request. It has also requested to refund the charges for the 4 G spectrum which was surrendered by BSNL. But will the Government accept and agree to lose an amount more or less equal to the revenue generated by specrum auctions ? Here is a very fine appreciation of BSNL by DOT.
“The DoT in its Cabinet note said BSNL and MTNL are of strategic importance to the country, are providing services in far-flung areas and jointly account for 80% of landline and 71% of broadband connections in India. "BSNL is currently implementing a number of pan-India projects of national importance - network for spectrum costing around Rs 14,500 crore, national optical fibre network (NOFN) costing around Rs 20,000 crore, and in the North Eastern regions, it is providing telecom services in those areas where no operator has reached. BSNL and MTNL together are having strategic importance for providing telecom services to defence services and other central paramilitary forces. BSNL is also instrumental for implementing most of the schemes of Universal Service Obligation Fund for providing telecom services in rural and remote areas,"
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