BSNL increasing play in infrastructure roll outs

·       With more than 90,000 towers and 801,000 route km of optical fibre cable (OFC) network, BSNL has one of the largest asset portfolios in Indian Telecom market.

·         BSNL is one of the implementing authority of the BharatNet project

·    Under phase 1 247,995 km of OFC has been laid, covering 102,000 gram panchayat

·         Under phase 2 400 km of OFC has been laid, covering more than 3,000 gram panchayats

·      The project entails laying 57,015 km of OFC for the army and 2900 km for the navy.

·       Covered 10,000 villages

·       In Smart Cities - 1500, city surveillance cameras

Key Challenges – low margins, Stringent regulations