BSNL Plans For A Demerger

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) is planning to hive off its telecom infrastructure into a separate company. BSNL has 32,000 base stations for GSM-based mobile services and another 7,000 for its CDMA services. The company wants to lease out this infrastructure with private operators, especially the new licence holders who are looking for a quick pan-Indian roll out.