Skipper Ltd has secured a major order from Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd in Odisha and Rajasthan.
The order is valued at Rs 2,570 crore, is for the supply and erection of ground-based telecom towers, infrastructure as a service provider (IaaSP) for supply, installation of infrastructure items and subsequent O&M (operations and maintenance) for five years extendable to five more years in the uncovered villages of India under 4G saturation projects. The telecom sites will be set up to provide 4G connectivity as part of the 4G saturation projects in areas still uncovered with any sort of mobile communication or are currently having only 2G/ 3G connectivity.
The Project will be executed using the home-grown 4G Stack and funded through Government of India USOF (Universal Service Obligation Fund), which is a Rs 55,000 crore strong cash reserves meant for providing connectivity in rural and remote areas.
