Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) has announced its plan to roll out Wimax services (wireless broadband) in rural India by year-end despite the Rs 1,000-crore project hitting initial roadblocks. "We expect to roll out Wimax services in the rural areas by the end of this year. We have already given advance purchase order to three companies (for required equipment)," a BSNL official told PTI. Four bidders were shortlisted for this project but it hit a road block when BSNL's internal vigilance officer put a stay on passing off the project to any one of the bidders. Chennai-based Gemini Communications, Chinese equipment maker ZTE and the U.S.-based Harris Stratex are the three companies which now need to get a security clearance from the the Department of Telecom. The fourth company, Hyderabad-based Vippalamritha Magnetic Components (VMC), has been put under scanner for alleged evasion of duties by its parent company.
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has also issued a show-cause notice to Prithvi Information Solution, the parent company of VMC, for the alleged non-payment of duties. "However, since the investigation in this case is going on, no order has been placed at this juncture with VMC,"
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