TAIPA urges BSNL to clear outstanding dues of telecom infrastructure providers

New Delhi: Industry body TAIPA on Wednesday said it has urged BSNL to clear “huge” outstanding dues of infrastructure providers, in order to maintain continuity of telecom operations at state-owned operator’s tower sites, amid the coronavirus outbreak. The Tower And Infrastructure Providers Association (TAIPA) has also urged Telecom Secretary Anshu Prakash for an urgent intervention to get these outstanding dues cleared.

“TAIPA…body of Telecom Infrastructure Providers Category – I (IP-1)…has written to PK Purwar, Chairman and Managing Director, BSNL requesting for clearing huge outstanding dues of its IP-1 members for maintaining 24X7 continuity of telecom operations at BSNL tower sites…,” the association said in a statement.