Lok Sabha Question No. 5109 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-24
Subject: Renting of Telecom Equipments
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Rama Devi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5109 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24 TH   JULY, 2019

## RENTING OF TELECOM EQUIPMENTS

## †5109. SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has rented out the Government-owned telecommunication equipments to the private Telecom Service Providers (TSPs);

- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the rates at which the rent is taken from them;

(d) whether the said private TSPs are not paying rent on time and the Government is not taking any  timely  and  appropriate  action  in  this  regard,  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  reaction  of  the Government thereto; and

- (e) the corrective steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS, LAW & JUSTICE AND ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

(a) to (c) Bharat  Sanchar  Nigam  Limited  (BSNL)  and  Mahanagar  Telephone  Nigam  Limited (MTNL)  have  informed  that  they  have  shared  mobile  tower  sites  with  private  Telecom  Service Providers  (TSPs)  as  per  Master  Service  Agreements  (MSA).  Monthly  rental  charges  claimed  by BSNL varies from Rs.21,000/- to Rs.38,700/- and for MTNL from Rs.30,000 to Rs.1,50,000.  BSNL and MTNL have rented out 13051 and 392 mobile tower sites respectively to private TSPs, details of which are at Annexure.

(d) & (e) Mostly  private  TSPs  are  paying  rent  on  time.    However,  in  case  of  any  delay  in payment, BSNL and MTNL regularly follow up the matter and take actions for early payment and to effect recoveries.

Annexure referred to in Part (a)to(c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.5109 for Answer on 24.07.2019.

Mobile towers shared by BSNL and MTNL with private TSPs (as on 31.05.2019)

| S.No.   | Name of private TSP                        | Number of tower sites shared by   | Number of tower sites shared by   |
|---------|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|         |                                            | BSNL                              | MTNL                              |
| 1       | Tata Telecommunication Service Ltd. (TTSL) | 23                                | 0                                 |
| 2       | Reliance Jio                               | 8307                              | 137                               |
| 3       | Airtel                                     | 2761                              | 96                                |
| 4       | Vodafone                                   | 892                               | 96                                |
| 5       | Idea                                       | 941                               | 63                                |
| 6       | Sify                                       | 127                               | 0                                 |
|         | Total                                      | 13051                             | 392                               |

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