Govt must exit telecom PSUs

Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), the two big state-controlled telecom companies, have written to the government asking that it bear the entire cost of the additional spectrum assigned to the two giants. Under the recommendations that are before the Empowered Group of Ministers, or EGoM, all telecom companies with more than 4.4 gigahertz of spectrum are to pay a one-time fee for it.

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