THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI SACHIN PILOT)
(a) No, Madam. However, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has prescribed for
all operators that BTSs (Base Transceiver Stations) accumulated down time (not available for
service) should be ? 2% average over a period of one month. BSNL and MTNL are generally
meeting this TRAI parameter on BTSs.
(b) Power failure is the major reason behind the frequent non-functioning of BSNL towers
in the country including the Hoshangabad, Raisen, Sagar, Vidisha and Narsinghpur, districts of
Madhya Pradesh.
To make BSNL towers remain functional, apart from regular maintenance activities, following
specific steps have been taken/initiated by BSNL in recent past.
# To overcome Power failure, wherever internal resources are inadequate, the telecom circles
have been authorized to outsource the activity of diesel filling including its transportation
to site, in case it is not possible with own resources.
# BSNL has initiated action at selected cell sites for enabling the process of extending and
monitoring the BTS infra alarms/status at one central location.
# Battery/power plan upgradation work wherever required, has been taken up.
# SMS based BTS (Base Transceiver Station) outage escalation has been implemented for automatic
reporting of the outage of BTS to the concerned maintenance staff.
(c) No, Madam.
(d) & (e) Do not arise in view of (c) above.
