The Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) is considering to lease out its vast fibre base to fund the voluntary retirement scheme (VRS), future spectrum buyouts as well as regularise capital expenses.
The initiative aims to lease out dark or unused fibre to private players and use it only on a need basis so that it could itself fund Rs 6,500 crore towards proposed VRS, buy or renew airwaves due to the lack of administrative allocation.