State-run telecom major Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd will float separate tenders in June to buy telecom equipment worth billions of rupees to upgrade and expand its telecom network. BSNL plans to buy 5,000 digital satellite phone terminals, the company said on its website.
The tender would be worth Rs 610 million, said BSNL and plans to float it by Jun 30. Another tender proposed is the purchase of telecom equipment to run 6 million telephone and broadband lines to be divided equally between the two services.
The value of the proposed tender is Rs 600 crore. BSNL, the country?s largest state-run telecom service provider, intends to float yet another tender to buy 5 million phones with caller line identification facilities, the website said, noting the tender value would be Rs 2.5 billion.