BSNL, MTNL Revenue Growth lesser Than Private Telcos

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Rise in revenues of BSNL and MTNL lag those of private players because of less aggressive market skills, legacy manpower and delay in augmentation of mobile network, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said. 

The minister said both the state-run firms are taking several steps to enhance revenues. 

BSNL revenue increased by 2.32 percent in 2014-15 to Rs 28,645 crore whereas MTNL witnessed an increase of 0.90 percent to Rs 3,821 crore for the same period. 

The revenue of BSNL stood at Rs 27,996 crore in 2013-14 while that of MTNL was Rs 3,787 crore.