Lok Sabha Question No. 165 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-24
Subject: Sharing and Leasing out of Instrustructure
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: BALASUBRAMANIAM SENGUTTUVAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.165 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24 th  FEBRUARY, 2016

## SHARING AND LEASING OUT OF INFRASTRUCTURE

## 165. SHRI B. SENGUTTUVAN:

Will  the  Minister  of  COMMUNICATIONS  AND  INFORMATION  TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  BSNL  has  any  proposal  to  enter  into  partnerships  with  private  sector mobile telecom companies for sharing their platforms in respect of certain services;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  terms  and  conditions  for  the  same, company-wise; and
- (c) the benefits likely to accrue as a result thereof for both the partners?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

- (a) to (c) Yes Madam, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is sharing its passive infrastructure including towers with other Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) based on its techno-commercial consideration.  BSNL has so far leased out 6505 towers to other TSPs and has hired 15113 towers from other TSPs and Infrastructure Providers (IPs). The details are at Annexure I and II respectively.  BSNL has earned Rs.398 crore and paid Rs 760 crore from such leasing upto 31.03.2015.

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## Annexure-I

## Details of infrastructure including towers leased out by BSNL to with other operators

| Name of private mobile Telecom companies/ Service Providers        |   No. of towers leased out as on January-2016 |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| M/s Tata Tele Services Ltd./ Tata Teleservices Maharashtra Limited |                                           369 |
| M/s Aircel                                                         |                                           371 |
| M/s Reliance Communication /Reliance Telecom Limited               |                                           125 |
| M/s Datacom (Now Videocon Telecommunication Limited)               |                                           103 |
| M/s Bharti Airtel/ Hexacom                                         |                                          2251 |
| M/s Idea Cellular                                                  |                                           925 |
| M/s Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd.                                     |                                          1440 |
| M/s Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited                              |                                            14 |
| M/s Wiwanet                                                        |                                             3 |
| M/s Vodafone (At circle level, 2011 onwards)                       |                                           904 |

## Annexure-II

## Details of no  of  towers leased-in (Hired) by BSNL from private mobile Infrastructure Providers (IPs).

| Name of IPs     |   Total no. sites hired on Pan India |
|-----------------|--------------------------------------|
| VIOM            |                                 4017 |
| Ascend          |                                 2092 |
| ATC             |                                 2235 |
| GTL             |                                 2428 |
| Tower Vision    |                                 1745 |
| Indus Tower     |                                 1126 |
| Bharti Infratel |                                 1344 |
| SK Telecom JV   |                                   26 |
| SATYA           |                                    5 |
| UNITY           |                                   38 |
| Spanco          |                                    2 |
| M/s High-Tech   |                                    4 |
| M/s Suyog       |                                   19 |
| M/s Idea        |                                   32 |

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