AUAB BSNL Union will celebrate Black Day on 1st October 2020

BSNL AUAB asked its employees to wear Black badges to celebrate "Customer Delight Month" starting October 1, 2020

All BSNL (AUAB) trade unions and associations have stated that they have decided to celebrate a Black Day on 1 October 2020 for the denial of 4G technology to Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL). 

The umbrella organization for all employee unions of the state-owned telecommunications operator said in a statement that "the cancellation of BSNL's 4G tender did serious damage to the relaunch of BSNL." It should be noted that the Indian government in October 2019 approved a "revival plan" of BSNL and MTNL with measures including spectrum allocation for 4G services.

The government does not want BSNL to launch 4G: AUAB बीएसएनएल Union

BSNL issued a call in early 2020 requiring suppliers to take care of the "annual commissioning and maintenance of the 4G mobile network". The operator noted that the tender winners will address approximately 50,000 BSNL sites and 7,000 MTNL sites in Delhi and Mumbai.

The race should open in late June after multiple delays. However, the confrontation between Chinese and Indian soldiers has led the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to place restrictions on BSNL to obtain telecommunications equipment from Chinese suppliers. In mid-July, the operator canceled its 4G tender.

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The AUAB said in a statement that "there is no credible domestic manufacturer of 4G equipment."

“In such a situation, the cancellation of BSNL's 4G tender on the grounds that BSNL has violated the rules of Prime Minister Make in India policy is untenable,” AUAB said in its circular. "This pictures shows that the central government does not want BSNL to launch its 4G service."

The AUAB said that the obstacles created in the roll-out of BSNL's 4G services led to the "near impossible" BSNL revival.

"Therefore, the future of BSNL, as well as the future of its employees is darkening," said the AUAB. "By seeing all this situations, AUAB decides to celebrate a Black Day on October 1, 2020, to express the anguish and agony of BSNL employees, for the denial of 4G technology to BSNL and thus to ruin their future".

The umbrella organization asked its employees to wear black badges while on duty on October 1, 2020. Additionally, the AUAB said it decided to organize a "hunger strike" on the same day, demanding that BSNL leadership and The Indian government takes "immediate action" to launch BSNL's 4G services.

AUAB will celebrate "Customer Delight Month" in October

The AUAB also asked its employees to observe a "Customer Delight Month" starting October 1, 2020. The umbrella organization in the circular asked its employees to dedicate the month of October to "improving the quality of services "and also to introduce new fixed, broadband and mobile telephony users.

"In addition, We AUAB also request employees to use the whole month to contact customers and find out about their complaints in order to find a solution," he said.

Crucially, it was also noted that faults on fixed lines, fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) and broadband connections "increased enormously" after the operator outsourced network maintenance and customer services.

"As a result, many broadband and landline connections are disconnected," AUAB said. “This is a matter of great concern to employees. It is decided that the AUAB writes to CMD BSNL, asking that immediate measures be taken to overcome this undesirable situation ”.