BSNL DISCONNECTS ITS SERVICES TO PRIVATE OPERATORS IN HARYANA

BSNL has disconnected its services to Airtel, Vodafone
and Idea in Haryana circle, days after the state-run
telecom operator made similar moves in Punjab and
Chandigarh. According to reports, BSNL ended its
“point of interconnect” services to the private operators
due to non payment of carrier charges. The BSNL
move has led to disruption of landline and mobile
services in Haryana.
Moreover, Airtel, Vodafone and Idea subscribers in
Haryana will not be able to call emergency numbers
such as 100,101 and 102 from their mobile phones.
However, the STD services are reported to be
unaffected. The BSNL landline subscribers in Haryana
have complained of not being able to connect with
mobile phones of Airtel, Vodafone and Idea. Similarly,
subscribers of these three operators could not establish
link with fixed line number of BSNL in the circle.
Earlier, BSNL had disconnected its services to five
mobile operators including RCom, Tata Teleservices,
Airtel, Idea and Vodafone. According to reports, BSNL
restored services to Reliance and Tata on Monday
after the intervention of the telecom tribunal.
BSNL has nearly 5.81 lakh landline connections in
Haryana, while Airtel, Vodafone and Idea 22.15 lakh,
42.02 lakh and 32.56 lakh connections, respectively, as
onJuly 31, 2011. According to BSNL Haryana, the
private telecom operators’ total pending dues
amounted to Rs. 2.70 crore, including Rs. 98 lakh from
Vodfone, Rs. 92 lakh from Idea and Rs. 81 lakh from
Airtel.
The state-run telecom operator owns nine Secondary
Switching Areas (SSA) in Haryana. The SSA provides
Point of Interconnection between BSNL and its private
counterparts for calls within the state.