MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS
(SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN)
(a) to (g) The mobile subscriber base of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) for the last three years are as follows:
Mobile Subscriber base
As on BSNL MTNL
31.03.2019 11,57,42,565 34,53,223
31.03.2020 11,98,72,123 33,60,187
31.03.2021 11,86,28,482 32,96,021
The mobile subscriber base of BSNL has not been decreasing continuously in last 3 years. In case of MTNL, there is slight decrease due to stiff competition and lack of expansion / up-gradation of its network due to its poor financial condition
To help BSNL and MTNL to remain competitive, the Government approved a revival plan for BSNL on 23.10.2019 which inter-alia included measures to reduce the Staff cost through a Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) for employees of age 50 years and above, administrative allotment of spectrum for providing 4G services with funding through budgetary allocation, monetisation of non-core and core assets to generate resources to retire debt, meet CAPEX and other requirement and debt restructuring by raising of Sovereign Guarantee Bonds.
The Licensed Service Area (LSA) wise details of mobile subscribers of BSNL and MTNL are at Annexure.
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