\"The department may keep the committee apprise of the progress made in this regard,\" said the panel in its report presented to Lok Sabha on Thursday.
The report is on action taken by the government on the observations\/ recommendations of the panel contained in an earlier report on 'Demands for Grants (2022-23)' of the Ministry of Communications (Department of Telecom<\/a> or DoT).
The Committee further said it is \"concerned to note that no significant headway has been achieved till now with regard to monetisation of assets of BSNL and MTNL\" in spite of the fact that asset monetisation has been envisioned by the government as core plan for repayment of loan\/overdraft\/bond.
\"The committee note from the Action Taken Notes that the department are making efforts for monetisation of different categories of properties belonging to BSNL with no concrete results so far,\" it said.
The department, however, has not furnished any reply on the present status to address the issue of reservation\/designation of land with the state governments which was hampering the monetisation prospects, the panel observed.
\"The committee were given to understand that significant assets in Mumbai are having reservation and designation issues resulting in dropping of valuation of the property due to unsustainable conditions and this will not be possible without tweaking the policy,\" it said.
The panel has also emphasised that necessary measures be taken by the Department of Telecom (DoT) for successful roll out of 4G services<\/a> by BSNL.
\"The department have, however, not furnished reply to the recommendation of the Committee for allocation of 5G spectrum<\/a> in all bands to BSNL. This is significant, considering the fact that BSNL has been denied a level playing field when compared to the private telecom service providers<\/a> with regard to rolling out of 4G services,\" it said.
As a result, BSNL could not roll out 4G services.
\"The Committee reiterate their earlier recommendation that BSNL should be allocated 5G spectrum in all the bands and provide a level-playing field vis-a-vis private TSPs (telecom service providers) with regard to purchase of equipment,\" the committee said.<\/body>","next_sibling":[{"msid":97778900,"title":"Samsung body ties up with Karnataka for AI, IoT skill development","entity_type":"ARTICLE","link":"\/news\/karnataka-govt-and-samsung-research-ink-mou-to-set-up-iot-innovation-lab-in-35-polytechnics\/97778900","category_name":null,"category_name_seo":"telecomnews"}],"related_content":[],"seoschemas":false,"msid":97779430,"entity_type":"ARTICLE","title":"No significant headway achieved on monetisation of assets of BSNL-MTNL: Par panel","synopsis":"\"The department may keep the committee apprise of the progress made in this regard,\" said the panel in its report presented to Lok Sabha on Thursday.","titleseo":"telecomnews\/no-significant-headway-achieved-on-monetisation-of-assets-of-bsnl-mtnl-par-panel","status":"ACTIVE","authors":[],"analytics":{"comments":0,"views":372,"shares":0,"engagementtimems":1351000},"Alttitle":{"minfo":""},"artag":"PTI","artdate":"2023-02-09 19:27:30","lastupd":"2023-02-09 19:30:51","breadcrumbTags":["bsnl","mtnl","mahanagar telephone nigam ltd","department of telecom","bharat sanchar nigam ltd","4G services","5G spectrum","telecom service providers","industry"],"secinfo":{"seolocation":"telecomnews\/no-significant-headway-achieved-on-monetisation-of-assets-of-bsnl-mtnl-par-panel"}}" data-news_link="//www.iser-br.com/news/no-significant-headway-achieved-on-monetisation-of-assets-of-bsnl-mtnl-par-panel/97779430">