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After delaying the 4G mobile services licence to the BSNL for 10 agelong years, the Union Government had forced the nationalist assemblage telecom subordinate to spell for ‘not-so-efficient’ prime telecom instrumentality successful the guise of self-reliance done indigenous technology, complained Madurai MP Su. Venkatesan.
He was talking to the media aft chairing the Telecom Advisory Committee gathering organised by BSNL Madurai connected Thursday. Theni MP Thanga Tamilselvan, Dindigul MP R. Sachithanantham and BSNL General Manager P. Loganthan were among those who took portion successful the meeting.
Mr. Venkatesan said portion backstage players were fixed the 4G licence mode backmost successful 2016, the BSNL was fixed the licence lone successful 2025. The backstage telecom operators were allowed to import telecom instrumentality which were technically superior. But, the BSNL was asked to bargain lone indigenous equipment.
“As a result, customers of the BSNL 4G services were facing interruptions successful dependable calls. The Union Government’s patriotism has not provided a level playing level for the PSU,” helium added.
Mr. Sachithanantham said the customers could not usage their aged diagnostic telephone to entree 2G dependable calls done the newly-launched 4G towers.
Besides, mediocre powerfulness backup installation successful the BSNL mobile towers was often causing work disruptions to the customers, helium added.
The BSNL General Manager said 228 of the 577 towers successful Madurai BSNL required to regenerate batteries for uninterrupted powerfulness proviso and generator sets successful 165 towers needed to beryllium replaced.
The Dindigul MP said the azygous enactment underground cablegram successful distant parts of ghat sections successful Dindigul territory was causing large disruptions successful telecom services.
“Even a landslide successful immoderate portion of the ghat conception is disrupting telecom services successful the full elevation areas owed to deficiency of alternate underground connectivity. We person suggested laying of an alternate cablegram to Pannaikandu,” helium added.
Mr. Loganthan hoped that the batteries procured centrally would get by December-end. At slightest 40 gensets would beryllium replaced successful the adjacent 1 year, helium added.
