BSNL union backs Rs 9,300-cr 4G tender to purchase from foreign firms

A BSNL employee union on Wednesday extended support for the company's Rs 9,300-crore 4G tender that has a clause to facilitate procurement of network equipment from foreign companies and restrict purchase from Indian companies.
 

The All Unions and Associations of BSNL (AUAB) in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 5 said that Indian companies do not have experience of managing large mobile networks and the state-run firm “cannot afford to procure sub-standard equipment from inexperienced companies”.
 

Domestic telecom product and equipment promotion body TEPC has charged BSNL of violating policy to give preference to indigenous technology companies