Cash-strapped BSNL likely to receive 4G spectrum in revival package

The telco would be allotted 2100 MHz band at market price

Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) may get the 4G spectrum it sought as part of the revival package. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is believed to have firmed up the proposal of allotting the airwaves to the sick public sector telecom company besides giving in to the company's other demands.

It is learnt that the company would be allotted the liberalised spectrum in the 2100 megahertz band at the market prize and would be asked to match the auction determined price in the near future. The company, however, had said it wanted the 4G spectrum through 50 per cent capital infusion and