The government today said the Central Vigilance Commission is carrying out a direct enquiry into alleged 'irregularities' in the selection of franchisees for rolling out state-run BSNL's WiMax network, reports The Economic Times.
"BSNL has entered into an agreement with franchisees for roll-out of Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMax) services in urban areas of Himachal Pradesh, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh (West), Rajasthan, Karnataka, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra service areas under revenue share basis," Minister of State for IT & Telecom Gurudas Kamat said in a reply to the Rajya Sabha.
State-run BSNL paid Rs 8,313.80 crore for pan-India Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) spectrum. To use this spectrum, BSNL had opted for franchisee model to establish its network on a revenue-sharing basis, the report said. Source: The Economic Times
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