BSNL to start providing mobile services in Delhi, Mumbai from January next year

The government has decided against the merger of BSNL and MTNL and instead opted for transferring the mobile services of the latter to the former. What this would mean is that BSNL, which till now provides mobile services across the 20 circles of the country but not in Delhi and Mumbai, will start doing the same in these two circles also. MTNL, meanwhile will be limited to providing only the wireline services in these two circles. This arrangement will begin from January, 2021, sources said.

Though the Union Cabinet, while approving the over Rs 70,000-crore revival package for the two ailing state-owned telecom operators last year in November, had said the two should be merged, the idea has been deferred for now.