MOU BETWEEN RAILTEL AND BSNL
The Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) signed between Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
(BSNL) and RailTel Corporation of India Limited (RailTel) relates
to exploring new business opportunities to take advantage of the
changing scenario in the country in telecommunication field. BSNL
and RailTel have agreed to utilize their synergies, infrastructure
and services for this purpose. There is no proposal, as such,
to establish any new communication network. BSNL, however, may
use RailTel’s OFC infrastructure dropped at stations for providing
rural telephony and continuous coverage of their CellOne mobile
phones along the track. BSNL may also offer last mile and interconnection
to RailTel for their various requirements including International
Long Distance (ILD) and National Long Distance (NLD) operations.
This information
was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Bandaru Dattatraya
in a written reply to a question from S/Shri V.V. Raghavan and
Gaya Singh in the Rajya Sabha today.
