No plan under consideration to bail out private telcos under financial loss: Sanjay Dhotre

NEW DELHI: There is no plan currently under consideration to bail out private telecom operators that are under financial loss, Parliament was informed on Wednesday.

Also, no proposal is under consideration at present on the allocation of 5G spectrum to state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd, Minister of State for Communications Sanjay Dhotre said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.

“At present, there is no plan under consideration to bail out private Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) which are under financial loss,” Dhotre said replying to a question on whether the government has any plans for bailing out such telcos.