ITI shares hits 5% upper circuit after securing Rs 1,901 crore BharatNet Phase-3 contract from BSNL
The company has signed a ₹1,901 crore agreement with BSNL, which is acting on behalf of the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF). Under this deal, ITI will roll out telecom infrastructure in the North Eastern Region II—covering Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, and Manipur—as the official Project Implementing Agency.
Out of the total contract value, ₹1,168 crore will go towards capital expenditure, ₹700.84 crore will be used for operating the new network, and ₹32.21 crore is earmarked for maintaining the existing infrastructure.
This isn't ITI's only win under BharatNet Phase-3. The company had earlier bagged two more packages—one for Himachal Pradesh and another covering West Bengal and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands—worth a combined ₹5,055 crore. With the latest addition, ITI's total order book under the project has now swelled to a whopping ₹6,956 crore.
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