BSNL remains disconnected,says unaware of order to begin services

“We are not in the knowledge of any such order passed by TDSAT. We have not got copy of the order till now. We will be in a position to take action only on Monday after we receive a copy of the order,” BSNL Punjab Circle General Manager Naresh Sharma said.

“BSNL has disconnected the connectivity with private service operators because they have defaulted in payment of carriage charges. We had issued them a prior notice and given one month to make the payment but they failed to do so. BSNL also wants to resume the services. We also do not want our clients to suffer,” he said.

But Mathews disagreed with the BSNL version. “It is incorrect to call the private service operators defaulters. The COAI has a copy of the order passed by the TDSAT,last Friday,which clearly reads that the BSNL has to resume the services soon,” he told Newsline.

BSNL is likely to take a decision on whether to resume services or not on Monday.

While the connectivity issues linger,it is the customers who are feeling the brunt.

Not only those owning landline BSNL phones are likely to remain unreachable from mobile phones of private service operators but also the mobile phone owners are unlikely to reach emergency service numbers.

Calls from mobile phones to emergency numbers like 100,101 among others are not getting through owing to disconnection of of private service operators by the BSNL.