The Hindu Business Line : BSNL to share towers, bandwidth with Sistema Shyam

NEW DELHI: The State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) on Tuesday entered into an agreement with private mobile operator Sistema Shyam to share its passive infrastructure, including towers and bandwidth.

According to the agreement, BSNL would share bandwidth that allows operators to carry out data services and passive infrastructure with Sistema Shyam to help the new telco roll out its network, a BSNL said in a statement.

BSNL did not give financial details of the deal.

This is for the first time BSNL is sharing its huge infrastructure all across the country, including bandwidth with another telecom service provider.

Earlier, it had signed Master Services Agreements (MSA) with Aircel, Tatatele and Datacom on sharing of towers.

The sharing of infrastructure by BSNL would help the existing and new operators in faster roll out of their networks across the country and facilitate the tele-density in rural areas, the statement added. - PTI

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