Extreme delay in the launching of BSNL’s 4G service - organise lunch hour demonstrations on 16.04.2024.

The All India Centre meeting of BSNLEU is held online yesterday the 09-04-2024. The meeting is attended by Com. Animesh Mitra, President, Com.P.Abhimanyu, General Secretary, Com.John Verghese, Acting General Secretary, Com. Irfan Pasha, Treasurer and Com. C.K.Gundanna, AGS. The meeting expressed it's serious concern over the extreme delay in the launching of BSNL's 4G service. The meeting also took note of the recent media report which states that, the TCS had sought the help of Nokia and ZTE, for overcoming it's problems faced in the commissioning of BSNL’s 4G network. Due to the extreme delay in the launching of BSNL's 4G service, tens of lakhs of BSNL’s customers continue to leave the Company every month. In January, 2024, another 11,81,783 customers have left BSNL. BSNLEU has already written letter to the Hon'ble Minister of Communications, demanding that the Government of India should allow BSNL to launch it’s 4G service, by utilising Vodafone Idea’s 4G network. The Government has not accepted this demand so far. Hence, the All India Centre meeting decided to call upon the employees to organise lunch hour demonstrations on 16-04-2024, demanding prompt action by the Government for the immediate launching of BSNL's 4G service.