New Delhi, Nov 05: The unification of licences having been approved by the government, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd today said it would examine the option of offering full mobility on WLL phones but pointed out that its decision would be driven by "customer requirements". "One benefit of unified licencing regime is that since we are providing limited mobile service so we can also provide full mobility service on the same platform using CDMA technology. We will examine that option," BSNL Chairman and Managing Director Prithipal Singh told reporters here.
While declining to give a timeframe for taking a decision on the issue, Singh said, "so far we have been following the law of the land and rolling out CDMA network for limited mobility purpose. When the law of the land changes, we will have options on whether to have limited or full mobility on CDMA. We are now looking at these aspects."
He said BSNL would closely study "customer requirements" in various parts of the country before taking a decision.
"We will have to see reaction of people and which are the areas where customers still want limited mobility," Singh said adding that there were certain group of subscribers who may prefer to have limited mobile services.
Bureau Report