THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (DR. SHAKEEL AHMAD)
(a) & (b) Based upon the recommendations of Telecom Regulatory
Authority of India, the Government announced Guidelines for
Migration to Unified Access (Basic and Cellular) Services
Licence on 11th Nov.2003. As per this policy, Basic Service
Operators were allowed to migrate to Unified Access Service
Licence regime on payment of specified fee. The details of
migration fees paid by basic Service Operators are given in
the Annexure.
(c) Since migration in November 2003, the details of wireline
and wireless connections added by these operators are as
follows:
ACCESS WIRELINE WIRELESS TOTAL
PROVIDER ADDITION FIXED WIRELESS HANDHELD TERMINAL
M/s Tata 33016 1730654 587886 2351556
M/s Reliance 77841 990625 4117002 5185468
M/s HFCL 54932 33948 27920 116800
Infotel
M/s Shyam 65240 10471 -3384 72327
Telelink
M/s Bharti 26726 -2965 0 23761
(M.P)
(d) BSNL is investing in the promotion of fixed wireless
services in urban and rural areas as a substitute to the
wireline services at cheaper rates vis-a-vis the mobile
phones. BSNL has already provided around 5 lakh connections in
urban areas and 11.3 lakh connections in rural areas on WLL
(Wireless in Local Loop) as on 31.03.2005.
Annexure
Details of migration fee paid by Basic Service Operators
Licensee Additional Penal Total Fee for Interest on Charges Migration Dlayed Entry (Rs in (Rs.in Fee (Rs.in croces) crores) crores)
1. M/s Reliance 1096.01 525.24 1621.25 Infocomm Ltd.
2. M/s Reliance 0 0 0 Teecom Ltd.
3. M/s Tata 544.54 0 544.54 Teleservices Ltd.
4. M/s Tala 0 0 0 Teleservices Maharashtra Ltd.
5. M/s Shayam Telelink 2.96 0 2.96 Ltd.
6. M/s Bharti Infotel 0 0 0 Ltd.
7. M/s HFCL Infotel 0 0 0 Ltd. Total 1643.51 525.24 2168.75
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