BSNL Workers Unhappy with Delay in 4G and 5G services, to protest against management, Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel

Workers of government telecom company Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) have prepared to protest against the delay in the launch of 4G services and 5G networks. BSNL workers are also angry with the poor performance of fiber-to-home (FTTH) and delay in the central government’s Bharatnet project.

In the last few years, millions of customers of this government telecom have shifted to big telecom companies like Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel. This has caused a major loss of revenue to BSNL. The Bharatiya Mazdoor Sanchar Manch has written in a letter to the company’s CMD, Robert J Ravi, “Despite the full support of the government, there is a delay in launching 4G and 5G services. The attitude of the management and its connected vendors is the main reason behind this. Due to this, a large number of subscribers are missing and rehew is being damaged.”

BSNL workers will begin the performance on 16 May with the signature campaign. Apart from this, there will be a sit -in at all corporate offices of the company. The company’s 5G service can be launched soon. Recently, the Telecom Department (DOT) has allocated a spectrum of Rs 61,000 crore to BSNL. The company’s 5G service can be started from the capital Delhi. BSNL has found spectrum in premium bands such as 700 MHz and 3,300 MHz, which is important for 5G.

Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel’s 5G network is present in large parts of the country. To compete with these companies, BSNL needs to launch 5G service soon. Recently, telecom minister Jyotiraditya Scindia had said that BSNL has added 55 lakh new subscribers in the last six to seven months. He had said that efforts are being made to bring the company back into profit and increase the number of subscribers. Earlier, BSNL was approved by the central government for a funding of Rs 6,000 crore for expansion of 4G network. This fund will also be used for the company’s 4G network of subsidiary metropolitan telephone corporations (MTNL). The control of MTNL, which provides telecom services in Delhi and Mumbai, is also with BSNL.