Communications
Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad in an interview stated that BSNL is on the
comeback track. The report in the press is given below:
“Another challenge he said
was BSNL. “So much public money has been invested. BSNL’s profit in 2004, when
we left office, was Rs. 10,000 crore and after 10 years when we
came back to power, it is incurring a loss of Rs. 8,000 crore. This was for a variety of
reasons, some very unfair,” he said. One year down the line, BSNL has added 47
lakh new active customers and its revenue has gone up by 2 per cent, he said,
adding that “today BSNL has the strength to offer free roaming… Also in the
offing are other plans, including changing the network to the next generation
in the next two-three years.”
Explaining why he has been emphasising the issue of call drops,
he said that while he may be “Minister for Telecom working for growth of the
sector” he also needs to protect the interests of consumers.
//copy//(Courtesy:
Business Line)