10.12. Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs)

DoT has four PSUs under its administrative control. These are:

1. Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL)

2. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limtied (BSNL)

3. ITI Limited

4. Telecommunications Consultants India Limited (TCIL)

MTNL, set up in 1986, is a Navratna PSU and provides telecommunication facilities in India's key metros - Delhi and Mumbai. MTNL is the principal provider of fixed-line telecommunication service in these two Metropolitan Cities of Delhi and Mumbai and for GSM Mobile services

Four peripheral towns Noida, Gurgaon, Faridabad & Ghaziabad along with Delhi city and the areas falling under the Mumbai Municipal Corporation, New Mumbai Corporation and Thane Municipal Corporation along with Mumbai city, also come under the jurisdiction of the company. MTNL is providing triple play services i.e. voice, high speed internet and IPTV on its Broadband network. Total debt on MTNL reached Rs 19,418.23 crore at the end of December 31, 2016, from Rs 11,542.3 crore in 2012-13. The debt is over six times MTNL's annual revenue registered in 2015-16. In 2015-16, MTNL reported total annual revenue of Rs 3,197.41 crore and net loss of Rs 2,005.72 crore.

BSNL, fully owned by Government of India, formed in October 2000, provides telecom services across the length and breadth of the country excluding Delhi and Mumbai. BSNL is providing all types of telecom services namely telephone services on landline, WLL and GSM mobile, Broadband, Internet, leased circuits and long distance telecom service. Rural telephony is one of the focus areas of BSNL. BSNL also pays special emphasis on development of telecommunication facilities in North-Eastern region and in tribal areas. BSNL's revenue from operation has increased from Rs 26,153 crore in 2013-14 to Rs 27,242 crore in 2014-15, and to Rs 28,449 crore in 2015-16. During FY 2013-14, it posted a net loss of Rs 7019 crore and during FY 2014-15 it’s net loss widened to Rs 8234 crore.

ITI Limited was established in 1948, to supply telecom equipments to the then telecom service provider, Department of Telecommunications. ITI started its operations in Bangalore in 1948, which were further extended to other areas by setting up manufacturing plants at Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, Naini, Rae Bareli and Mankapur, all in Uttar Pradesh and Palakkad in Kerala. The establishment of these plants at various locations was not only aimed at augmentation of manufacturing capacity but also development of social infrastructure.

TCIL, fully owned by Government of India, was set up in 1978 with the main objective of providing world class technology in all fields of telecommunications and information technology, to excel in its operations in overseas and in domestic markets by developing proper marketing strategies and to acquire state-of-the-art technology on a continuous basis. TCIL is a profit making PSU.