Cash-strapped public sector undertaking Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd., (BSNL) plans outsourcing its third-generation (3G) mobile services. For this, it is to invite expressions of interest by month-end from private operators, reported Business Standard on Monday.
BSNL Chairman and Managing Director Kuldeep Goyal reportedly said that the PSU was working out the details. The company and another state-run unit MTNL, were the first to get the 3G spectrum as the government gave priority to public sector companies. MTNL offers services in Delhi and Mumbai while BSNL looks after the rest of the country.
BSNL wants to raise its market share considerably before private players roll out 3G, perhaps any time six months from now. Goyal also said the company anticipated 5% of the total user base to come from 3G, later rising to 10%-15% of the mobile customer base. At present, 3G subscribers form a minimum number of its total user-base of over 60 million.
He added that the franchisee might be an existing mobile operator who had either won or bidden for the 3G spectrum, and could acquire customers, besides marketing and selling 3G services in the country.
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