Bengaluru/New Delhi, July 1 -- ITI Limited, the country's first PSU post-independence and a premier telecom manufacturing company recently signed an Agreement as Project Implementing Agency (PIA) with BSNL on behalf of USOF for NER-II Package-15 of BharatNet Phase-3 Project.

The total value of this contract is Rs. 1901 Crores including capital expenditure (capex) and operating expenditure (opex). The order value comprises Rs. 1168 Cr as capex, Rs 700.84 Cr as opex for the newly constructed network, and Rs. 32.21 Cr for opex for the maintenance of existing network.

ITI Limited also signed an Agreement with BSNL for Package No. 8 in the state of Himachal Pradesh, and for Package No. 9 in the state of West Bengal, & Andaman and Nicobar Isl...