Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. and Department of Post have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to provide the telephone services at the door steps of customers placed in far flung areas and also who cannot afford a telephone. The two entities had collectively initiated a scheme namely, "GRAMIN SANCHAR SEWAK SCHEME" in 2003.
Both entities are also trying to work out a Scheme in which ATM facilities will be extended to some of the farthest corner of the country, thereby getting facilities for micro-financing and remittances of funds to the farthest corner of the country in the shortest possible time.
In addition, BSNL will extensively use the Bill Mail Services of the Department of Post and will utilize the services of Postman for collection of telephone bills, thereby extending the facilities of Bill payment to the home of the subscribers. The Department of Post will be one of the preferred franchise for selling Prepaid Cellular recharge coupons, Indian Telephone Cards, FLPP Card, Webfone Card, Sancharnet Card, etc.. In their turn BSNL will give the most preferred status as a business customer to the Department of Post and will be offering the state-of-the-art services to strengthen their country wide network.
The Memorandum of Understanding leverage to infrastructure of both the entities. The prime objective of MOU is to reach the remotest corner of the country and to provide the common services efficiently. |
