The BSNL board has sought more time to submit its action taken report on irregularities highlighted in the DoT probe on allocation of franchisees for running Wimax services by the state-run operator.
"BSNL board has asked for time till May 15 to submit its action taken report on Wimax deals," a senior telecom ministry official told PTI.
Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal had earlier asked the board of state-run operator BSNL to act on an the enquiry report and submit its reply to the Department of Telecom (DoT) by April 30.
In January 2008, BSNL had selected Soma Networks for Wimax service in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa and Andhra Pradesh. In early 2010, four firms -- Teracom, Take Solutions, Adishwar India and Ampoules -- were selected by BSNL through a bidding process for offering WiMax services in 16 circles.
Wimax is one of the technologies that offers wierless broadband services.
The DoT committee, headed by Telecom Commission Member (Finance), in its report said the terms offered by the franchisees were "not in the financial interest of BSNL" and that the deals "need to be reviewed".
According to official sources, the report has also dealt with the role of top BSNL officials in formulating the deals.
