4.7.

1 BHARAT SA_CHAR _IGAM LIMITED

This write up gives a review of overall performance of the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
detailing the targets and achievements during 2009-10 in terms of broad physical dimensions
and financial outlays.
A) Targets: - The physical targets for the year 2009-10 (RE) are as follows:Physical Targets
S._o. Parameter Target
1. GSM Mobile Capacity (Lakh lines) 180
2. Broadband Connections (Lakh) 25
3. Trunk Automatic Exchange (K Ccts.) 1000
4. Optical Fibre Cables (RKms) 25,500
The review of the performance for the year 2008-2009 and for the year 2009-2010 (upto
November
2009) is at Annexure – “P”.
In pursuance to Government of India’s Broadband Policy 2004, BSNL has introduced
Broadband
services by the name of ‘Data One’ in January 2005 and has provided 45.56 lakh connections
till
date.
B) SPECIAL COMPO_E_T PLA_S
Annual Plan of 2010-11 (BE) and Revised Plan 2009-10 (RE) inter-alia also focus on
accelerated
growth and early implementation of telecom facilities in the following areas:
a) North East Region
b) Tribal Areas
c) National Capital Region
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_E Region Component Plan and Tribal Sub-Plan
NE Region comprises of 8 states which have international border with Bangladesh, Myanmar
&
China. Development of NE region is a priority for the Government of India. So, BSNL
provides
special attention to this region.
In order to work towards achieving the goal, BSNL has a target to provide 6.16 lakh lines of
switching capacity and 41,105 ports of broadband capacity in NE region during 2009-10. It
has also
proposed to lay 1395 RKMs of Optical Fibre Cable and 88 Kilo Ccts of TAX capacity.
During 2010-11, it is planned to provide net switching capacity of 6 lakh lines and 40,000
ports of
broadband capacity in N.E. region. Transmission network is also planned to be expanded by
providing 1000 RKMs of OFC.
Tribal Sub Plan
The main objectives of the Tribal Sub-Plan are
A. To provide public telephone in all tribal villages.
B. To provide telephone facility on demand in tribal areas
The Tribal Sub-Plan 2009-10 envisages provision of 28.5 lakh lines of switching capacity,
2.25
lakh ports of broadband capacity and 4,758 RKMs of Optical Fibre Cable. It is also
envisaged to
provide 170 Kilo Circuits of TAX capacity along with 13129 nos. of VPTs in tribal areas.
During 2010-11, it is planned to provide 25 lakh lines of switching capacity, 3 lakh ports of
broadband capacity, 4000 RKMs of Optical Fibre Cable and 200 Kilo Circuits of TAX
equipment.
_ational Capital Region (Excluding Delhi)
The area of NCR excluding Delhi lies within license jurisdiction of BSNL. BSNL is making
all
efforts to improve the telecom facilities in NCR which includes introduction of various Value
Added Services to make it at par in telecom facilities with National Capital of Delhi. BSNL
aims to
make the Telephone on Demand in its jurisdiction of NCR.
C) The financial outlay in respect of BSNL is given below:
Financial Outlay
(Rs in Crore)
Year Outlay
BE 2009-10 14,015
RE 2009-10 14,015
BE 2010-11 14,891