Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has, reportedly, asked BSNL to step out of the office and work harder for expanding its customer base. Speaking at a recent event by BSNL, the Telecom Minister said, "I am even ready to sit and sell sims for BSNL" Prasad was quoted as saying, "In around April, BSNL was selling 7-8 lakh sim (cards) and in January- March, BSNL started selling 20 lakh sim. I am told BSNL has 70 lakh customers. I would like to see this customer base to grow 1 crore net in 2016-17." Prasad raised concerns over BSNL not being able to connect to the customers the way other telcos are doing. As a result of which, he said, many people are not aware of free nation-wide night calling service being offered by BSNL. "If BSNL can market its product with right strategy, I am sure we will see same kind of revolution in landline segment as we have seen in mobile telephony," he said. Agreeing over Ravi Shankar Prasad's concerns, Telecom Secretary JS Deepak said that BSNL is utilising only 70 per cent of its network capacity.
Friday, March 18, 2016
I am ready to sit and sell sim card for BSNL: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has, reportedly, asked BSNL to step out of the office and work harder for expanding its customer base. Speaking at a recent event by BSNL, the Telecom Minister said, "I am even ready to sit and sell sims for BSNL" Prasad was quoted as saying, "In around April, BSNL was selling 7-8 lakh sim (cards) and in January- March, BSNL started selling 20 lakh sim. I am told BSNL has 70 lakh customers. I would like to see this customer base to grow 1 crore net in 2016-17." Prasad raised concerns over BSNL not being able to connect to the customers the way other telcos are doing. As a result of which, he said, many people are not aware of free nation-wide night calling service being offered by BSNL. "If BSNL can market its product with right strategy, I am sure we will see same kind of revolution in landline segment as we have seen in mobile telephony," he said. Agreeing over Ravi Shankar Prasad's concerns, Telecom Secretary JS Deepak said that BSNL is utilising only 70 per cent of its network capacity.