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<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet<\/a> has approved the merger of Bharat Broadband Network Limited<\/a> (BBNL) into the state-owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited<\/a> (BSNL<\/a>), people privy to the development told ETTelecom.

BSNL has an optical fibre cable network of over 6.83 lakh kilometre, and with this merger, the telco will get an additional 5.67 lakh kilometre of optical fibre which has been laid across 1.85 lakh village panchayats in the country using the
Universal Service Obligation Fund<\/a> (USOF).

USOF is a Rs 55,000-crore strong reserve meant to provide connectivity in India’s rural and remote areas.

“BSNL will work as an executing arm of the government and ownership of assets will rest with the government. BBNL has a workforce of less than 200. We have in our proposal said that we can absorb them in BSNL and contracts will be obliged, and revenue share agreements will be honoured,” BSNL CMD PK Purwar has told ETTelecom previously.

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BSNL’s pan-India 4G rollout in 18-24 months: TCS<\/a><\/h2>

'Telecom Infrastructure is becoming the backbone on which major economic activities will happen in the coming decades with the next generation of businesses across financial services, agriculture, healthcare, manufacturing, and more. '<\/p><\/div>

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<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet<\/a> has approved the merger of Bharat Broadband Network Limited<\/a> (BBNL) into the state-owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited<\/a> (BSNL<\/a>), people privy to the development told ETTelecom.

BSNL has an optical fibre cable network of over 6.83 lakh kilometre, and with this merger, the telco will get an additional 5.67 lakh kilometre of optical fibre which has been laid across 1.85 lakh village panchayats in the country using the
Universal Service Obligation Fund<\/a> (USOF).

USOF is a Rs 55,000-crore strong reserve meant to provide connectivity in India’s rural and remote areas.

“BSNL will work as an executing arm of the government and ownership of assets will rest with the government. BBNL has a workforce of less than 200. We have in our proposal said that we can absorb them in BSNL and contracts will be obliged, and revenue share agreements will be honoured,” BSNL CMD PK Purwar has told ETTelecom previously.

\"BSNL’s<\/a><\/figure>

BSNL’s pan-India 4G rollout in 18-24 months: TCS<\/a><\/h2>

'Telecom Infrastructure is becoming the backbone on which major economic activities will happen in the coming decades with the next generation of businesses across financial services, agriculture, healthcare, manufacturing, and more. '<\/p><\/div>