India set to finally merge state-owned telcos

The Indian government is reportedly planning to further consolidate its alphabet soup of state-owned operators.
The main source of this information is a report in the Hndu BusinessLine, which quotes BSNL Chairman and MD PK Purwar, speaking at a recent industry event. “The government has taken a policy decision that BBNL is going to be merged into BSNL,” said Purwar. “This means all work of BBNL at the pan-India level is going to come to BSNL.”
BSNL stands for Bharat Sanch