MTNL is working on a plan to operate its mobile services business in Delhi and Mumbai in partnership with BSNL on a revenue sharing basis.
MTNL CMD NK Yadav said: “We are having a very low market share in mobile services, and not in a position to make capital investment. We are in discussions with BSNL that can invest in infrastructure, and run our mobile business on a revenue share basis.” As per latest Trai report, MTNL had 36.23 lakh mobile customers at the end of January 2016, accounting for 0.36 per cent of total market share.
He said MTNL has not been able to place the mobile network expansion order for which Nokia Networks was selected due to financial as well technical challenges. Yadav said it will have to depend on debt for expanding mobile network, and the interest it will pay on procurement will not be in sync with the income it will generate from the mobile business. —PTI
