BSNL is planning an expansion of its cellular service network, informed SD Saxena, member of BSNL board and finance
director. He added that the company planned to add about 25 million more lines to its existing mobile network. Nokia, Motorola, Alcatel, Nortel, and Ericsson have already submitted their bids to supply the equipment for this expansion.
According to him, the company which gets the contract would have to supply 11 million GSM lines worth Rs 5,000
crore. The company would float another tender for 14 million CDMA lines later this year.
He also mentioned of BSNL"s initiative to build an information highway under the National Internet Backbone Program. The "highway" would be completed in two years with an investment of around Rs 4,000 crore, he said.
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