DoT may seek Aviation Min's help in shifting MTNL services at T3

New Delhi: The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) plans to approach the Ministry of Civil Aviation to allow shifting the operations of state-run Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) at the new Terminal 3 (T3) in the Delhi airport, developed by a consortium led by the GMR group, on reasonable commercial terms and conditions.
Acting on a complaint by MTNL that GMR was attempting to position itself as the telecom operator at T3, though it did not have any licence, DoT would ask the ministry to look into the irregularities by the infrastructure major and take corrective measures.
In an internal note last month, DoT said MTNL had requested GMR to provide space at T3 for installation of a telephone exchange but GMR had outlined certain conditions, which would have huge financial implications on MTNL.
Earlier, the Airports Authority of India, the previous developer of the airport, had given MTNL space for offering and maintaining telecom services from Terminal 2 (T2) for the entire complex. But after T3 was built by GMR-led Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL), all agencies or airlines in T2 are expected to shift to the state-of the-art new terminal.
10/09/10 Mansi Taneja/Business Standard

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Categories: airports Sep 2010