
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited plans to expand its mobile network by a capacity of 20 million lines each in 2011-12 and 2012-13. This new expansion plan is in addition to the 5.5 million GSM lines tender which the PSU has already floated.
According to company sources, it is already working with overcapacity on its network and is suffering complaints about congestion. It currently has over 70 million subscribers on a network which is intended for 64 million customers.