The Ministry of ITand Communications is planning to hive off BSNL’s ILD operations into a separate company, to be called BSNL Videsh.

The Ministry of IT and Communications is planning to hive off T BSNL’s ILD operations into a separate company, to be called BSNL Videsh. Though BSNL has an ILD licence, it currently depends on private undersea cable operators to carry most of its traffic. BSNL Videsh will manage BSNL’s ILD operations. It will also be responsible for negotiating termination and carriage tariffs with international submarine cable operators for carrying voice and data traffic.