Organise Lunch-hour Black badge wearing demonstrations on 28-07-2022 - AUAB calls on..

The government and the BSNL Management are moving fast to handover BSNL’s 14,917 mobile towers to the private, under the National Monetisation Pipeline. The CMD BSNL is taking speedy action to implement the decision of the government. In the budget, the government has categorically stated that, it would earn Rs.40,000 crore, by way of handing over BSNL’s mobile towers and optic fibre (OFC) to the private. If BSNL’s towers and OFC are handed over to the private, under the National Monetisation Pipeline, thereafter, BSNL will have to pay rent to the private, for using it’s own towers and OFC. It is needless to state that, this will kill BSNL.

At a time when the private companies are getting ready to launch their 5G service, launching of BSNL’s 4G service is no where in sight. The TCS has so far not completed it’s Proof of Concept (PoC). The original deadline set for TCS to complete it’s PoC was 30^th November, 2021. This deadline has been extended many times. However, TCS has not been able to complete the PoC till today. It means, the TCS has not been able to prove that, it is having the technology to supply 4G equipments to BSNL. It must be noted that, TCS has committed to supply 1 lakh 4G BTSs to BSNL. However, no one knows how and when TCS is going to do this. Since, BSNL has not been able to launch it’s 4G service, it has started loosing it’s customers. In May, 2022 alone, BSNL has lost 5.3 lakh customers. BSNL’s Revival Package remains only on paper. The Company’s financial condition is deteriorating and it is returning fast to the pre-VRS situation.
 

Hence, the AUAB has given call to organise Lunch-hour Black badge wearing demonstrations on 28-07-2022, opposing the handing over of BSNL’s towers and OFC to the private and demanding meaningful action by the government and the Management to immediately start BSNL’s 4G. The AUAB has decided to invite the media for this programme. All circle and district unions of BSNLEU, are requested to successfully implement this call of the AUAB.