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PROVISION OF VILLAGE PUBLIC TELEPHONE (VPTs) BY PRIVATE LICENSEES
SL.No Licensee and Licensed Circle Effective Date of Licence

Committed targets * for VPTs in first Three years (as per obligations under Licence Agreement)

 Total No. of committed VPTs in 1st 3 years No. of VPTs actually provided as on (30.10.02)
I Year II Year III Year
1. M/s Tata Teleservices (Andhra Pradesh) 30.09.1997 9635 (by 30.09.1998) (all villages were to be covered in first year i.e. by 30.09.1998) 9635 1314
2. M/s Reliance Telecom (Gujarat) 30.09.1997 8635 (by 30.09.1998) (all villages were to be covered in first year i.e. by 30.09.1998) 8635 502
3. M/s HFCL Infotel Ltd. (Punjab) 30.09.1997 5442 (by 30.09.1998) (all villages were to be covered in first year i.e. by 30.09.1998) 5442*** 708
4. M/s Hughes Tele.com (India) Ltd. (Maharashtra) 30.09.1997 4000 (by 30.09.1998) 21760 (by 30.09.1999) No village was to be left Uncovered by 30.09.1999 25760 822
5. M/s Bharti Telenet (Madhya Pradesh) 30.09.1997 5500 (by 30.09.1998) 5500 (by 30.09.1999) 5500 (by 30.09.2000) 16500 342
M/s Shyam Telelink (Rajasthan) 04.03.1998 7439 (by 04.03.1998) 10629 (by 04.03.2000 13766 (by 04.03.2001) 31834 564

TOTAL

 40651 37889 19266 97806 4252**
NOTE : BSNL has provided 499836 VPTs by 30.06.02 & plans to provide 69440 VPTs in 2002-03.
* These commitments were to be met by 30.09.1998 in case of AP, Gujarat, Punjab and by 30.09.1999 in case of Maharashtra.  For MP and Rajasthan the same were to be completed by 30.09.2000 and 04.03.2001 respectively..
** Figures are as reported by the licensees
*** As all villages have been covered in Punjab by BSNL, the faulty MARRs are to be replaced by the private licensees.  In Gujarat 4202 are the villages which do not have a telecom facility. 2709 villages have phones but not a public phone.