To expand network in 2018-19, the state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has decided to invest about Rs 4,300 crore, according to its Chairman and Managing Director Anupam Shrivastava. Apart from it, the telco will also invest Rs 5,000-6,000 crore in government telecom projects.
Rs 5,000 to 6,000 crore will be spent on the government projects like Bharat Net, Network for Spectrum, the Comprehensive Telecom Development Plan for North East, as well as boosting connectivity to Andaman with optical fibre network.
Chairman added: "Government is investing in large connectivity projects, where private players are not going. BSNL is being used as one of the vehicles to execute those projects and we do that work on behalf of government."
According to Shrivastava, BSNL will install 12,000 mobile towers for 3G services and 10,000 for 4G services. This will have a provision for 100 per cent expansion mapped to BSNL's 4G services roll out and spectrum allocation.
Chairman added: "Government is investing in large connectivity projects, where private players are not going. BSNL is being used as one of the vehicles to execute those projects and we do that work on behalf of government."
According to Shrivastava, BSNL will install 12,000 mobile towers for 3G services and 10,000 for 4G services. This will have a provision for 100 per cent expansion mapped to BSNL's 4G services roll out and spectrum allocation.
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