The Telecom Commission plans to hold a meeting shortly to discuss Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited?s (BSNL) request for additional capital of Rs 55.03 billion for the alternate network it is building for the armed forces.
This amount will be in addition to the Rs 80.98 billion the Cabinet Committee has already granted for this project. Upon completion, the armed forces will move their communication requirements to this network, thus freeing airwaves for commercial telephony.
The defence services had vacated 3G frequencies in August 2010 after they had been assured by the Centre that DoT would rollout this alternate network within two years.
