BSNL has drawn a blueprint to garner an estimated Rs. 8,000 crore revenue through monetisation of its vast real estate as well has hiving off its tower arm over the next five years.
Sources said BSNL outlined its blueprint to turn profitable in a presentation to Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal.
The proposals include utilisation of its real estate, monetising of towers assets, utilisation of its factories for revenue generation, providing broadband connectivity to schools and leasing out its CDMA network.
Sibal has asked BSNL to submit plans that will help the company turn profitable.
As part of National Policy of Skill Development, the government has envisioned a target of training 50 crore people by 2022 in different sectors.
Apart from that, BSNL proposes to offer high definition video conferencing to public and further exploiting the potential of its existing CDMA network, which can rake in another Rs. 250 crore.