BSNL plans to float three separate tenders to buy telecom equipment to upgrade and expand its network. The company has proposed to float a tender worth Rs 610 million for purchasing 5,000 digital satellite phone terminals. The second tender worth Rs 6 billion has been proposed for the purchase of telecom equipment to run 6 million telephone and broadband lines to be divided equally between the two services. The third tender would be for the purchase of 5 million phones with caller line identification facilities, valued at Rs 2.5 billion.
