Government-owned telecom operator BSNL has a ‘Vodafone plan’ to take on bigger rivals Airtel and Reliance Jio. The company’s employee union has sent a letter to the telecom and IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw (seen by The Economic Times), asking to be allowed to use Vodafone-Idea’s 4G network. The letter is reportedly from BSNL employee’s union General Secretary P Abhimanyu.
In the letter, BSNL union has claimed that due to the non-availability of 4G services a huge number of its customers are porting out to rival telecom service providers like Reliance Jio and Airtel. Both these players, the letter said, offer “state-of-the-art 5G technology.”
In the letter, BSNL union has claimed that due to the non-availability of 4G services a huge number of its customers are porting out to rival telecom service providers like Reliance Jio and Airtel. Both these players, the letter said, offer “state-of-the-art 5G technology.”
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