USO Funded Mobile Scheme in NE

Barely a month is left for the deadline of the rollout of the USO Funded project that had been awarded to the Bharti group companies in Dec 2017, and it has been able to complete only less than 50 sites out of a total of 2,004 sites in the north east region. As a result, the government’s target of reaching out to 2,128 villages in the north east has remained unfulfilled. This is despite the fact that as per tender, Bharti could get additional subsidy for 983 sites for which backhaul on VSAT was permitted. Thus, any excuse for delay due to non-availability of backhaul media is ruled out, as at least 983 sites could be activated in a short period of time through satellite.

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