Telecom Department Urges State Governments to Use BSNL Services for Data Security, Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel

The Telecom Department (DOT) has requested the state governments to use the service of Government Telecom Company Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) to meet the needs of data security. The amount of money received from government contracts has a major stake in the enterprise revenue of telecom companies.

A media Report It has been told that in this letter, the state governments have been advised to use the telecom service of BSNL as well as Metropolitan Telephone Corporation Limited (MTNL). However, BSNL’s 4G network is not present all over the country unlike private telecom companies like Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel. The 5G network of big private telecom companies has also started in large parts of the country.

Executives associated with the telecom industry say that the government has been instructed to use services of government telecom companies on the basis of project. However, such instructions have been given for the first time. The letter written in April to the Chief Secretaries of all states and union territories on behalf of DOT secretary, Neeraj Mittal said, “The competitive strength of BSNL and MTNL in the telecom sector is increasing and in the context of the decision taken before the Union Cabinet, all departments, agencies, landlords of the state government, public sector fields, branches and branches of public sector. It is requested to consider using BSN and MTNL services for leased line needs. ”

In the fourth quarter of the last financial year, BSNL recorded a net profit of about Rs 280 crore. This is the first time after 18 years when BSNL has gained profit in two consecutive quarters. The company has helped to increase the revenue in the mobile segment with 4G service. In the last financial year, this government telecom company has lost about Rs 2,247 crore. It is 58 percent less than the company’s loss of about Rs 5,370 crore in the last financial year. BSNL has done its highest capital experience in the last financial year. The company’s Ebitda margin has also increased. The company’s operating revenue in the last financial year is about 7.8 percent to about Rs 20,841 crore.