The Supreme Court order cancelling 2G licences issued in 2008 may turn out to be a blessing for the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited in the State. The telecom service provider is planning to cash in on the verdict by working on a strategy to teleport an estimated 60 lsakh subscribers who are likely to be affected by the verdict.
“The verdict will tilt the balance in favour of the State-owned company,” said a BSNL source.
Earlier, BSNL number portability was hit hard with around 2.2 lakh customers porting out and just 92,243 porting in. “The ratio was 1:5 then. We have now succeeded in bringing it to 1:1.6,” the source said.
Interestingly, the employees union has welcomed the Supreme Court order and attributed the success to the union’s effort in exposing the scam. K Govindaraj, Chennai Circle secretary of the BSNL Employees Union, said the company is working on a strategy to enrol the subscribers hit by the 2G verdict.
State secretary of BSNL Employees Union S Chellappa added that a joint action meeting was held on Friday hailing the Supreme Court order. Measures to be taken to woo consumers from Idea, Tata and Uninor were also discussed. “Though the court has given four months’ time, the BSNL will make special efforts to woo the five crore subscribers who are likely to be affected. In Tamil Nadu, we expect it will be above 65 lakh,” he added.
To a query on whether the BSNL has adequate resources to welcome such a huge number of subscribers, he said the company was equipped to handle more subscribers.

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