BSNL plans to increase cellular base by March

• 2004-01-28 • The state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd is on an expansion spree. The company expects to increase its 48-lakh cellular subscriber base by adding another 10-15 lakh subscribers, taking its total cellular base in the country to about 62 lakh by March 31, 2004.

"Our current cellular subscriber base stands at close to 48 lakh users. During the current year itself we have added 26 lakh customers, till now. We expect to add anywhere between 10-15 lakh more customers between now and March 31, 2004," BSNL chairman and managing director VP Sinha told PTI.

Commenting on the outlook for 2004-05, Sinha said, "We are looking at adding close to one crore for cellular, WLL and fixed line services combined." Of this, the cellular service provider expects as much as 70 per cent to come from the cellular segment. "We expect our cellular subscriber base to reach 135 to 140 lakh by March 31, 2005," Sinha added.

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