MTNL & BSNL will be dead soon

[d5aqoëp]

The world has swiftly moved over to 4G services and with 5G already under intensive testing, India has barely started to make inroads into 4G.

Now BSNL and MTNL do not have 1800 Mhz band for 4G deployment and BSNL has some obscure 2500 Mhz band which is best suited for wifi in a room. They once had a phenomenal customer base and they themselves are to blame for falling into the hole they dug.

Now on broadband internet via fixed lines case, all the FTTH/FTTB/FTTC plans are merely on paper. There is no laying of fiber nor do we read about any future plans. The announcement of plans came in a hurry just to show the telecom ministry that they are somewhat serious.

They will have unbeatable competition from RJIO who has laid fiber in almost every city. With the You/Act broadband, things are certainly looking grim for both MTNL & BSNL.

Both can provide 24 Mbps (Therotical max) on Copper ADSL 2+ and 8 Mbps (Actual reliable) to their users. They can't go beyond that. At least not on current copper infrastructure. VDSL has proved to be a big nightmare to deal with for them. So what gives?

I see them slowly ceasing their operations within 4-5 years. They will be closed down or sold off to competing rivals by 2020 or max by 2025.

Anyone agrees?

 

[Amateur Expert]

yup...Govt. of India finally realized that these both suckers can't confront private players like airtel, voda and rel. they'd like to sell spectrum block to well settled brands instead of BSNL and MTNL who even failed to utilise the whole band block being provided.

MTNL was good but almost all important UL packs was discontinued and BSNL is doing same shit.

 

[x720]

Fwiw, MTNL has around 1000 BTSs in Mumbai, compared to 5000 for Vodafone. Their purchase order with NSN has been hanging over a year now. Sad, really.

 

[Sushubh]

Indian state-run telcos MTNL, BSNL line up $2.34 bln debt sales

Indian corporate bond market participants are braced for a heavy supply of government-guaranteed bonds over the next few weeks, as state-run telecom giants MTNL and BSNL aim to raise $2.34 billion, three merchant bankers said.

www.reuters.com