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GSM/UMTS tender in doldrums

Thursday, 04 March 2010

A committee headed by Sam Pitroda, has recommended that BSNL withdraw the 93-million GSM lines tender.

The committee said BSNL should change its method of growth from outright purchase of equipment to lease arrangement. The vendor who would supply the equipment should be responsible for installation, maintenance and operations, besides future expansion. Such a contract could run for five years, it said.

Private telecom companies already follow such a model for expansion. With this model, BSNL would reduce its capital expenditure, besides reducing its problem of having a shortage of young trained engineers in the latest technologies, the committee said.

BSNL should prepare the operational and quality requirements for the network, along with necessary commercial requirements, as the bid document in 20 days and no changes would be permissible after the bids have been received, to ensure transparency, openness and fairness, it recommended.

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