Give telcos adequate time for laying cables underground: K'taka govt tells Bengaluru municipal body

Karnataka government has directed Bengaluru municipal body to provide adequate time to telecom operators for laying cables underground, amid the authority snapping cables laid overhead, according to an industry body.

Against the backdrop of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) deciding to cut telecom cables laid overhead citing that such connections violate existing norms, telecom players had raised the issue with the state government.

Telecom players grouping COAI's Director General Rajan S Mathews told

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