BSNL's 50% of mobile network equipment comes from Chinese companies
(Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) 50% of mobile network equipment comes from two Chinese companies - Huawei and ZTE. Also, MTNL’s (Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited) 10% of the mobile network equipment supplied by Chinese vendors, the government informed the Rajya Sabha.
“Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), has 44.4% of its mobile network equipment from ZTE and 9.0% from Huawei. Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL), has 10% of its mobile network equipment from Chinese equipment manufacturers,” Minister of State for Communications Sanjay Dhotre said in his reply.
Both the state-run telecom companies only provide 2G and 3G service. After the Galwan standoff in Ladakh with China, the government has taken steps to cancel the participation of Chinese companies from tenders and projects in India.
As part of the same strategy, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) had on June 17 asked both the state-run telcos to cancel their tender for the roll-out of 4G. A reworked tender, to be floated later, was likely to contain provisions spelling out the ban on Chinese telecom gear vendors. The tender, however, has not been floated till date.
The private telecom companies like Reliance Jio Infocomm has not deployed “any telecom equipment from ZTE and Huawei in its network”. Whereas, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi) follow a “multi-vendor” strategy which includes procuring equipment from Chinese vendors as well, Dhotre said in his reply to the Rajya Sabha.
Though the government has not banned telecom service providers from purchasing gears from Chinese telecom equipment vendors, it has in place “comprehensive security conditions” for such vendors as part of their licensing norms, Dhotre said in his reply.
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