Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) plans to invest Rs.900 crore to expand its Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) and broadband capacity in Rajasthan by the next fiscal.

The proposed investment is aimed at achieving a 50 per cent growth in its GSM subscriber base in the state. BSNL's focus will be to intensify marketing efforts in the rural areas. After the network expansion, the company will roll out lucrative plans to hook rural customers on our network

The company is also planning to add two lakh broadband lines to the existing 1.4 lakh lines. Apart from that, BSNL is also investing Rs 150 crore for rolling out WiMax enabled common service centres (CSCs) in the rural areas. The company has identified around 100 CSCs in the state in two phases. In Phase I, it will install WiMax equipments at 23 CSCs followed by rest in Phase II.

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