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BSNL not keen on selling tower assets as 4G, 5G rollout looms ahead

The state-owned telco has struggled to meet asset monetisation targets set by DIPAM back in 2022

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As of January, both BSNL and MTNL have together monetised Rs 12,984 crore worth of assets since 2019, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) informed Parliament last month | Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Subhayan Chakraborty New Delhi

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With a major network rollout on the cards, the government is not keen to change the pattern of tower monetisation for Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), officials at the state-owned telecom-service provider said.
 
The monetisation target in the telecom sector had to be revised owing to a change in BSNL’s approach to mobile-phone tower monetisation, which had shifted from a sale-based model to a lease-based one.
 
This had been pointed out in an inter-ministerial meeting of secretaries, part of the core group on asset monetisation (CGAM), chaired by the Cabinet secretary in August, Business Standard had earlier reported. The CGAM