The Indian telecom operators are sad as incidents of theft of lively tools are at an all-time excessive. Telecom trade physique, Mobile Operators Affiliation of India (COAI), lately wrote to the Division of Telecommunications (DoT) to hunt assist. A letter from COAI, which represents Indian telecom operators, mentioned that from Oct 2023, incidents of telecom tools theft, particularly the RRU (Distant Radio Unit) and BBU ( Baseband Unit) have elevated multi-fold.
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50% of the theft is going on in particular geographies together with Delhi NCR, Assam, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh & Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Punjab and Haryana. Whereas telcos have tried their greatest to forestall such situations, it’s occurring nonetheless. It’s the buyer that’s struggling as theft of apparatus can imply disruption in providers or in some instances, the providers stop to exist in choose areas.
COAI has requested the telecom division to intervene and write to all of the State Chief Secretaries to prioritise complaints which might be round telecom tools theft and guarantee strict motion on the identical. Additional, the request mentions the cooperation of the state police departments to guard the telecom infrastructure, particularly in theft-prone areas. Lastly, telcos need some web sites to be blocked for promoting lively telecom tools that was stolen from the Indian telcos.
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Main platforms together with Alibaba.com, ebay.com, and extra web sites have been referred to as to be put below a ban by the Indian telecom operators. One can simply get entry to stolen telecom tools by these web sites. It’s not solely a loss for the telcos, who must replenish the infrastructure with new/recent tools, it is usually a loss for the distributors as their tools is being resold on on-line marketplaces at cheaper charges.
