BharatNet at crossroads: BBNL, CSC spar on last-mile equipment deployment

NEW DELHI: The spat between the two government agencies — Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL) and Common Service Centre (CSC) — have come to fore following the shifting of last-mile equipment for the utilisation of the national broadband network.

In a two-page letter to the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) administrator Ansuli Arya dated May 2, seen by ETT, BBNL chairman Sarvesh Singh said that CSC has violated a tripartite agreement and shifted equipment in multiple states without any disclosure.

“CSC SPV has shifted the equipment without intimating the details of shifted location and the new custodian. This is in violation of clause 2.8.2 of the tripartite agreement,” Singh in his letter to the top official said.