EOI No. : MOB-53/Int.

Roam-SS7 Signalling/2013/8

Expression of Interest (EOI) for Routing of MAP Signaling Traffic of BSNLs

Bilateral Agreements for International Roaming Service.
1.

INTRODUCTION
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a fully Government owned company, is
currently providing Cellular Mobile service in 20 Licensed Service Areas in India
(i.e. across the nation except Delhi & Mumbai Metro City Service Areas) and has
a base of around 94.51 Million GSM based 2G / 3G subscribers and 04 Million
CDMA subscribers.. BSNL invites proposals from interested eligible companies for
Routing of MAP Signaling Traffic of BSNLs bilateral agreements for International
Roaming Service for its GSM based 2G/3G subscribers. Initially the services are
planned for GSM based 2G / 3G subscribers only. However, BSNL reserves the
right to extend these services to its other Radio access technology like CDMA,
WIMAX, LTE etc based systems in future.

2.

OBJECTIVE OF EOI
BSNL invites proposals from interested eligible bidders for routing of SS7 MAP
signaling traffic (hereinafter referred to as signaling traffic) relating to the
following :
i) Direct Roaming agreements of BSNL with foreign operators. (Both in-roaming
as well as for out-roaming traffic).
ii) Any other signaling traffic if desired to be routed by BSNL to foreign operators
via Service Provider.

3.

PROPOSED CONNECTIVITY WITH THE SERVICE PROVIDER

3.1

Presently, all the signaling traffic for direct international roaming for in-roamers
(foreign customers roaming in BSNLs network), out-roamers (BSNL customers
roaming in foreign destinations) as well as SMS inter-working between customers
of BSNL and its foreign partners (with whom it has direct bilateral agreements) for
entire BSNL is through West Bengal Circle of BSNL at Kolkata. This may however
change in future based on sole discretion of BSNL and without prior intimation to
the service provider.

3.2

BSNL uses TEKLEC MAKE STP nodes for its SS7 signaling cloud and supports
SIGTRAN. The bandwidth of connectivity will be as per BSNL requirements spelled
in the present EOI and the same will be at the cost of the service provider.

3.3

The signalling traffic will be handed-over to / taken-over from the Service Provider
at atleast more than one of the following BSNLs STP locations in India which are
having international gateway functionality:
i)

Chennai

ii)

Delhi

iii)

Ernakulam

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iv)

Jalandhar

v)

Kolkata

vi)

Mumbai

3.4

The signalling traffic from BSNL will be in ITU-T Format. However, the foreign
operator having direct roaming agreement with BSNL may be using ITU-T format
or ANSI format. The Service Provider will have to arrange for required conversion
from ITU-T to ANSI and vice-versa accordingly.

3.5

For the purpose of connectivity, BSNL can provide LSL/ HSL/ SIGTRAN signaling
links as per requirement of Service Provider.

3.6

The bandwidth for interconnection of Service Provider shall be such that link
occupancy is not more than 30%. An intimation for this in real-time shall be
provided by Service Provider.

3.7

The Service Provider will be required to augment, at his own cost, his bandwidth
connectivity with BSNL based on the signaling traffic and as may be required by
BSNL from time to time.

4.

SCOPE OF WORK
The work by the Service Provider shall comprise the following activities, which
are indicative but not exhaustive:
(i)

Service Provider will have to arrange for requisite hardware, software

etc., if required, at its own cost for the signaling traffic at the STP
locations mentioned at clause 3.3 above.

(ii)

The Service Provider shall support the various protocols over the SCCP
signaling as per the ITU-T, ETSI and 3GPP standards including
a. SCCP Class 0 and class 1, with proper load sharing and in-sequence
delivery mechanisms.
b. Global Title Translations, on basis of the GTT Digits, NP, NA, TTId, SSN
and PC of the SCCP ClgPA and CldPA including modifications of SCCP
ClgPA and CldPA
c. TCAP layer
d. Mobile Application Part version 1, 2 and 3 messages
e. CAMEL Application Part version 2, 3 and 4 messages

(iii).

(iv).

The Service Provider shall support various SMS messaging requirements

required for the operations such as: SMS Aggregation of the inbound
International SMS to India and correct delivery with MNP Checks, Anti
SPAM Check of the inbound International SMS to India and scrubbing
functionality. Similarly, the service provider will carry the outgoing SMS
(MO SMS) generated by the BSNL customers to the customers of the
foreign partners, with whom BSNL has direct bilateral agreements.
The Service Provider shall support MNP requirements as stated by Indian
telecom guidelines with necessary integrations and connectivity to the
MNPOs.

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(v).
(vi).
(vii).
(viii).
(ix).
(x).
(xi).

The Service Provider shall support various ITU-T, ANSI, 3GPP standards
required for the International SCCP connectivity.
The Service Provider shall support various TEC, DoT and TRAI standards
required for the Indian ILD SCCP connectivity.
The Service Provider shall support the various Layer1 interfaces such as
including E1 TDM, E1 ATM and FE etc.
The Service Provider shall support various TDM, ATM and IP based
signaling protocols such as MTP2 based LSLs, HSLs, SCTP, M2PA, M3UA
and SUA as an integration interface.
The Service Provider shall support functionality of screening of signaling
traffic from International Destinations which are black listed by the
Opcode.
The Service Provider shall support functionality of providing detailed SDRs
(Signaling Data Records) of the signaling traffic with GTT, Partner
Operator, CAP/MAP operation, MSU count details etc.
The Service Provider shall support reporting and not limiting to the below
reports with Hourly, Daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, Half yearly and
Annual time periods.
MAP Statistics
SCCP Statistics
Operator specific reports
Destination Specific reports
Origination specific reports
Failure Reports
In- Roaming reports
Out- Roaming reports
Data Over Usage reports

(xii)

Service Provider shall provide centralized, scalable, secure, reliable and

cost-effective solution for routing signalling traffic of BSNL from/ to
foreign operators.

(xiii)

Service Provider shall establish and test connectivity with BSNL and do
necessary configuration for routing of signalling traffic between BSNL and
foreign operators and for the entire scope of work mentioned in this EOI
including installation, testing, commissioning, integration, acceptance
tests, etc. in the shortest possible time frame as required by BSNL.

(xiv)

Service Provider shall provide MSU traffic and all other details as may be
required by BSNL Message Signal Unit (MSU) traffic shall be provided
country-wise and further as foreign operator-wise on monthly basis .

(xv)

Service Provider shall be able to provide reports containing different type

of messages e.g. Location Update, SMS, etc. country-wise, operator-wise,
date-wise and month-wise.

(xvi)

Service Provider shall provide timely and periodic reports to BSNL on

network-wise traffic, congestion, QoS, etc. BSNL will specify the reports
along with their periodicity, which would be provided by Service Provider.
BSNL may ask for other reports in the formats as required by BSNL. The
same would also be provided by the Service Provider.

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(xvii)

Service Provider shall provide 24 x 7 support in English language to BSNL

for all the services provided by it. It will, also, provide 24 X 7 support
from its NOC (Network Operations Centre). As a part of the bid, the
bidder shall provide the contact details of NOC engineers like telephone
number, name, email, fax, address etc.

(xviii) For each monitoring event, a threshold and alarm for taking action will be
established. As soon as the threshold is crossed, the Service Provider will
arrange for immediate rectification with intimation to BSNL.
(xix)

In case BSNL reports a fault / concern, the Service Provider will open a
trouble ticket and address the same at the earliest. It will also provide
facility to BSNL for monitoring of status of the trouble tickets on 24 x 7
basis on-line via Internet on a web-site with password protected access.

(xx)

The complete trouble ticket and escalation procedure to take care of

complaints and problems during the period of agreement shall be clearly
described and submitted to BSNL along with the proposal.

(xxi)

Service Provider shall be totally bound and obliged to comply with all the
applicable norms and directions issued from time to time by the
Regulator (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) or the Licensor
(Department of Telecommunications, Govt. of India) or Govt. of India
and any new condition / direction / amendment / stipulation which may
be brought in force by the Regulator / Licensor / Govt. of India
subsequent to the execution of the contract. All such condition / direction
/ amendment / stipulation should be deemed to be automatically included
in the contract. This also includes facilitation for tracing, and retrieval
of CDRs, etc. as may be required by the designated security agencies of
Govt. of India from time to time, without any delay.

(xxii)

Service Provider will also provide continuous support to BSNL enabling

BSNL to comply with the Indian laws, directives, guidelines, etc.

(xxiii) Service Provider shall ensure protection of privacy of communication and

ensure that unauthorized interception of messages does not take place.
(xxiv) Service Provider shall maintain all commercial records with regard to the
communications exchanged on the network. Such records shall be
archived for at least one year for scrutiny by BSNL / Govt. of India for
security reasons and may be destroyed thereafter unless directed
otherwise by the BSNL / Govt. of India.
(xxv)

Service Provider shall extend the latest version(s) of the above services to
BSNL without any discrimination with other operators to whom it may be
providing similar services. Further, it shall ensure the evolution of the
services as per the ITU / GSMA / International guidelines / market
scenario.

(xxvi) The Service Provider will pursue and ensure that the signaling traffic routing
is changed by the foreign mobile operators and their respective ILDs (
International Long Distance Service Providers) so that the signaling traffic is
routed to BSNL via Service Provider. The list of foreign mobile operators in
this regard would be intimated by BSNL to the Service Provider. Authorization
letter, if required will also be given by BSNL to the Service Provider for the

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same, on request of the Service Provider. The Service Provider is required to

complete this activity in respect of 100% of the said operators at the earliest,
in consultation with BSNL after successful testing of connectivity between
BSNL and the Service Provider .
(xxvii) Whenever BSNL requests the Service Provider to route signaling traffic
with additional Operator (s), the same will be successfully arranged by
the Service Provider at the earliest and latest within 2 working days.
Service provider will also pursue with such foreign mobile operator (s)
and their ILD carriers so that they open routing of signaling traffic to
BSNL through Service Provider at the earliest.
(xxviii) Any other activity(ies) like configuration changes etc. necessary for the
smooth implementation and successful execution of entire scope of work
in the EOI.
5.

PRESENT STATUS OF AGREEMENTS WITH FOREIGN PARTNERS : BSNL has launched it's International Roaming Services from November, 2004.
BSNL is also providing GSM based Cellular Mobile service in 20 Licensed Service
Areas in India (i.e. across the nation except Delhi and Mumbai Metro City Service
Areas) and has a base of around Million subscribers. For more details about
BSNL, please log onto www.bsnl.co.in.
Presently, BSNL has launched commercial roaming with
foreign networks in
countries via direct GSM International Roaming Agreements with them. The list is
available at Annexure - I. The said list is progressively growing.
On an average, 130-140 BSNL customers are out-roaming onto foreign partners on
daily basis and approximately 2700-3000 international in-roamers are latched to
and use services of BSNL network on daily basis. Also, approximately 3800-4000
unique BSNL customers are out-roaming onto foreign partners on monthly basis
and approximately 80000-90000 unique international out roamers are using BSNL
network services on monthly basis.
On an average over last six months, approximately 535-540 million number of MSU
were sent from BSNL network towards its foreign partners in a month and out of
this count approximate 3.5-4.0 million number of MSU were meant for ANSI
destinations requiring MAP to ANSI conversion and vice versa.

6.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

6.1

The bidder shall be a company incorporated, registered under the Indian

Companies Act, 1956 or by a competent authority in case of foreign bidder
companies.

6.2

The bidder shall be an established Service Provider for carrying signalling traffic
with valid and operative ILD license or the bidder, in case of foreign companies,
shall have the license to operate international telecom service in one or more
foreign countries including provisioning of same type of service of routing of
signalling traffic.

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6.3

The bidder company shall have the experience of providing the same service as
asked for in this EOI (service of routing of signalling traffic ) to other GSM
operators in India or abroad continuously for minimum two years on the last date
of submission of its bid against this EOI.

6.4

The bidder must not have been declared bankrupt / insolvent or should not have
filed for bankruptcy / insolvency in the past five years or in the process of being
declared bankrupt / insolvent before any designated authority in any country.

6.5 The bidders, whose applicable license to provide ILD service in India or to operate
international telecom service in one or more foreign countries including
provisioning of same type of service of routing of signalling traffic, has been
suspended, cancelled or terminated by the Licensing Authority or against whom
notices or legal proceedings are pending for cancellation / suspension /
termination of its license, shall NOT BE ELIGIBLE to bid for this EOI.
7.

DOCUMENTS ESTABLISHING BIDDERs ELIGIBILITY

The following documents are required to be submitted along with the EOI bid.
Non-submission of any documents or submission of incomplete, misleading or
false information may render the bidder liable for summary rejection or
cancellation of its bid.

7.1

A copy of Certificate of Incorporation from Registrar of Companies or from

competent authority in case of foreign companies, signed by the Company
Secretary / authorized signatory of the bidder company.

7.2

Copy of Articles of Association and Memorandum of Association.

7.3

Latest audited Annual Report of the Company of year 2011-12 and 2012-13.

7.4

Board resolution in favor of the Authorized Signatory including attestation of the

signatures of the Authorized Signatory by the companys bankers.

7.5

A copy of valid and operative license to provide ILD service in India along with all
other necessary licenses or Copy / list of its license(s). In case of foreign company,
copies of documents granting it right to provide international telecom services
including provisioning of service of routing of signalling traffic, in the countries it
claims to be in operation.

7.6

A declaration by the bidder that the license is valid and operative and has not
been suspended, cancelled or terminated by the Licensor and the same includes
routing of signaling traffic.

7.7

A declaration by the bidder that the license is valid and operative and that no
notices or legal proceedings are pending for cancellation / suspension /
termination of the same by the Licensor and the same includes routing of signaling
traffic.

7.8

A certificate by authorized signatory of the bidder regarding working experience of

the bidder as asked for in the EOI. The complete profile of the company may also
be submitted.

7.9

Certificate regarding bidder Company not being bankrupt/ insolvent from statutory
Chartered Accountant/ Company Secretary of Bidder Company.

7.10 Experience certificate from at least one of the GSM operators certifying that the
bidder has been continuously providing the same type of service, as asked for in

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this EOI, satisfactorily to him from the past two years (two years from the last
date of submission of proposal of this EOI).
7.11 List of Directors on the Board of the Company with their address(es), contact
telephone numbers, etc
7.12 An undertaking in the format enclosed as Annexure-II
8.

AMENDMENT OF EOI DOCUMENTS

8.1

At any time, prior to the date of submission of bids, BSNL may, for any reason,
at its own initiative modify EOI document by amendments.

8.2

The amendments shall be notified on BSNLs web site, i.e. at

http://www.bsnl.co.in and these amendments will be binding on all the bidders.

8.3

In order to afford prospective bidders a reasonable time to take the amendment

into account in preparing their bids, BSNL, at its discretion, may extend the
deadline for the submission of bids suitably.

9.

PERIOD OF VALIDITY OF BIDS

Bid shall remain valid for 150 days from the date of opening of bids prescribed by the
BSNL pursuant to clause 21. A bid valid for a shorter period shall be rejected.
10. PERIOD OF CONTRACT
The agreement with the selected bidder (Service Provider) shall be valid for 2 years
unless terminated earlier as per the terms and conditions of the agreement with the
Service Provider. The agreement could be extended beyond two years on mutually
agreed basis.
11.

PERFORMANCE BANK GUARANTEES:

11.1

The successful Firm shall provide within 14 days from the APO date, a
performance Bank Guarantee for an amount equivalent to 15% of PO value.
PBG (s) will be valid for 36 months. PBG (s) will be in the format as per
Annexure-III.
If the Firms desires, Demand Draft (DD) for the full amount can also be paid in
place of PBG, as Security Deposit (SD). However, it is clarified that SD carries no
interest.
If the Firms desires, the full amount can also be transfer to BSNL Account
through RTGS or NEFT in place of PBG, as Security Deposit (SD). However, it is
clarified that SD carries no interest. Details of E-payment for BSNL are as under:Beneficiary Name: A.O. (Cash), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.
Name of Bank : Punjab National Bank
Bank Branch : ECE House, K.G.Marg, New Delhi 110001
IFSC Code: PUNB0112000
Bank A/c No : 1120002102306372
MICR Code : 110024043

11.2
11.3
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12.

TIME PERIOD TO ESTABLISH THE SERVICES

12.1

The successful Firm, shall rendering the service to BSNL within ten weeks
from the date of Purchase Order (PO). This shall include time for
acceptance testing by BSNL. However in case the successful Firm is the same
as existing one, then services will start from the time of award of work.
The successful bidder will propose the test schedule within one week of issue of
P.O. for testing of functional requirements of the services. This test schedules
shall be examined by BSNL and finalized within 1 weeks of receipt of the same to
make it as a reference document for testing.
The successful bidder will arrange to provide the necessary tools and support for
carrying out above tests. The system should be offered for functional tests not
later than 4 weeks prior to date of service commissioning agreed as per 12.1
above.

12.2

12.3

13.

PENALTY

13.1

Failure to commission the system within the stipulated period of ten weeks from
the date of firm PO, shall result in imposition of penalty as in the subsequent
Para.
Liquidated Damage- Failure to commence operation within stipulated period of
ten weeks from the date of issuance of Purchase order will result in imposition of
penalty of amount equivalent to 0.5 % of the PO value per week of delay for a
period of first ten weeks and there after, a penalty of amount equivalent to 0.7
% of the PO value per week for further delay for next ten weeks. Delay beyond
20 weeks may attract forfeiture of the SD/ PBG and further actions like
blacklisting etc. at the discretion of BSNL.
In the event, that Quality of Service provided by the Service Provider falls below
the quality standard as stipulated in this EOI (against point 7 of clause 22.1(i) of
the EOI) based on a monthly calculation period, a penalty of 2% of the affected
monthly bill (monthly invoice of the Service Provider) will be imposed on the
service provider for every instance of reported non compliance.
In case, the availability of signaling link falls below 99.5% and uptill 99.0% in a
month, a flat 12% of the affected monthly bill (monthly invoice of the Service
Provider) will be imposed on the service provider. In the event of the availability
of signaling link falls below 99.0% in a month, a flat 25% of the affected
monthly bill (monthly invoice of the Service Provider) will be imposed on the
service provider This penalty will be in addition to the penalties, if any, imposed
on account of clause 13.3 above.
In case of persistent deficiency in Quality of Service over three months, BSNL
may terminate the agreement with the Service Provider without any liability or
compensation.

13.2

13.3

13.4

13.5

14.

INDEMNIFICATION
The successful bidder will be required to sign contract with BSNL, which would,
inter-alia, include the following: -

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Service Provider agrees to protect, defend, indemnify and hold harmless BSNL
and its employees, officers, directors, agents or representatives from and against
any and all liabilities, damages, fines, penalties and costs (including legal costs
and disbursements) arising from or relating to:
a)
Any breach of any statute, regulation, direction, orders or standards from
any governmental body, agency, telecommunications operator or regulator
applicable to such party;
b)
Any breach of the terms and conditions in this agreement by the Service
provider;
c)
Any claim of any infringement of any intellectual property right or any
other right of any third party or of law by the Service provider;
d)
Any claim made by any third party arising out of the use of the services and
arising in connection with interruptions or degradations of service to BSNLs
customers caused solely by the Service Provider.
e)
The Service provider will comply with all the laws, directives, guidelines etc.
of the land where Service provider is located and shall be fully responsible for the
same. The service provider will indemnify BSNL for any liability arising out of non
compliance of the same.
This clause shall survive the termination or expiry of the contract.
15.

Dispute Resolution / Arbitration :The successful bidder will be required to sign contract with BSNL, which would,
inter-alia, include the following: (a)
The contract and any matter relating to the same shall be governed by
and construed in accordance with Indian Law.
(b)
In the event of any question, dispute or difference arising under this
agreement or in connection there-with (except as to the matters, the decision to
which is specifically provided under this agreement), the same shall be referred to
the sole arbitration of the CMD, BSNL, New Delhi or in case his designation is
changed or his office is abolished, then in such cases to the sole arbitration of the
officer for the time being entrusted (whether in addition to his own duties or
otherwise) with the functions of the CMD, BSNL or by whatever designation such
an officer may be called (hereinafter referred to as the said officer), and if the
CMD, BSNL or the said officer is unable or unwilling to act as such, then to the
sole arbitration of some other person appointed by the CMD, BSNL or the said
officer. The agreement to appoint an arbitrator will be in accordance with the
Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996.
There will be no objection to any such appointment on the ground that the
arbitrator is a BSNL Servant or that he has to deal with the matter to which the
agreement relates or that in the course of his duties as a BSNL servant he has
expressed his views on all or any of the matters in dispute. The award of the
arbitrator shall be final and binding on both the parties to the agreement. In the
event of such an arbitrator to whom the matter is originally referred, being
transferred or vacating his office or being unable to act for any reason whatsoever,
the CMD, BSNL or the said officer shall appoint another person to act as an

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arbitrator in accordance with terms of the agreement and the person so appointed
shall be entitled to proceed from the stage at which it was left out by his
predecessors.
(c)
The arbitrator may from time to time with the consent of both the parties
enlarge the time frame for making and publishing the award. Subject to the
aforesaid, Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 and the rules made there under,
any modification thereof for the time being in force shall be deemed to apply to
the arbitration proceeding under this clause.
(d)
The venue of the arbitration proceeding shall be the office of the CMD,
BSNL, New Delhi or such other places as the arbitrator may decide.
16.

TERMINATION

16.1 The BSNL reserves the right, without prejudice to any other remedy for breach of
contract, by written notice of 30 days for default, sent to the service provider;
terminate this contract in whole or in part without any liability.
16.1.1 If the service provider fails to manage the services as per contract or fails to
perform any obligation(s) under the Contract or is penalized repeatedly for more
then three instances in a set of three consecutive months
16.1.2 If the Company, in either of the above circumstances, does not remedy his
failure within a period of 7 days (or such longer period as the BSNL may
authorize in writing) after receipt of the default notice from the BSNL.
16.1.3 If the Company becomes bankrupt or otherwise insolvent as declared by the
competent court provided that such termination will not prejudice or affect any
right of action or remedy, which has accrued or will accrue thereafter to the
BSNL.
16.1.4 If the company fails to maintain a reasonable performance on over a reasonable
period of time (3 months) then BSNL reserves the right to terminate its contract
with the firm
16.2 BSNL reserves the right to discontinue the contract any time in future depending
upon its network conditions or market scenario or directive from the regulator/
licensor or due to change in its own licensing conditions or upon directions from
the competent Government authorities.
16.3
In case of termination of contract the service provider shall be required to
continue providing services for a suitable period of time (defined below) and
shall extend all support for smooth transitioning of services through a different
operator.
In case of contract terminating at the end of contract period, this time limit shall
be 3 months. In case of early termination this limit shall be 6 months.
16.4 In the event of service provider not providing the services for the stipulated
period, BSNL reserves the right to hire services from a new service provider at
the risk and cost of the bidder. In doing so, BSNL shall be able to recover the
difference of amounts being paid to this service provider and the ones paid to
the bidder for similar services without prejudicing its right to take any other
action as contained in the EOI.
17. FORCE MAJEURE
If, at any time, during the continuance of contract, the performance in whole or in
part by either party of any obligation under the contract is prevented or delayed

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by reasons of any war or hostility, acts of the public enemy, civil commotion,
sabotage, fires, floods, explosions, epidemics, quarantine restrictions, strikes,
lockouts or act of God (hereinafter referred to as events) provided notice of
happenings of any such eventuality is given by either party to the other as early
as possible but not later than 21 days from the date of occurrence thereof, neither
party shall by reason of such event be entitled to terminate the contract nor shall
either party have any claim for damages against other in respect of such nonperformance or delay in performance, and deliveries under the contract shall be
resumed as soon as practicable after such an event come to an end or cease to
exist, and the decision of BSNL as to whether the deliveries have been so resumed
or not shall be final and conclusive. Further that if the performance in whole or
part of any obligation under contract is prevented or delayed by reasons of any
such event for a period exceeding 45 days, the parties may jointly decide the
course of action (including full/ partial termination of contract) to be taken.
18. SET OFF
Any sum of money due and payable to the Service Provider (including security
deposit refundable to him) under this contract may be appropriated by BSNL or
any other person(s) contracting through the BSNL and set off the same against
any claim of BSNL or such other person or person(s) for payment of a sum of
money arising out of this contract or under any other contract made by the Service
Provider with BSNL or such other person(s) contracting through the BSNL.
19.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
Notwithstanding any other provision of this EOI, neither Party shall be liable to the
other for any indirect, consequential, special, incidental or punitive damages, or for
any lost profits of any kind or nature whatsoever, foreseeable or not, arising from its
performance of its obligations under the EOI, whether from negligence or otherwise.

20. PAYMENT
20.1 No payment will be made to Service Provider during testing etc.
20.2 The service should be as per the quality of service in the EOI document. Any
deficiency in service would render the Service Provider liable for penalty as per the
terms and conditions of EOI document.
20.3 For Indian bidder payment will be done by BSNL in INR only while for foreign bidder
payment will be done in US$. Conversion rate from INR to US$ for the said payment
will be as per the rate of the bank (bank through which BSNL decides to make
payment) on the date of payment. Conversion will be for the net payable amount in
INR less the bank charges (bank charges for the said payment in US $). Thus, Bank
charges will be to the account of the Service Provider.
20.4 The payment of the charges will be done on the monthly basis in arrears. All the
payments will be done in accordance with clause 20.5 to 20.14 below.
20.5 Bills shall be submitted by the Service Provider alongwith all supporting documents
as needed by BSNL within 10 working days from the end of each month and BSNL
will pay the bills within 30 working days from the date on which bills have been
submitted, after deduction of taxes, service outage credits, if any.

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20.6 Any objection by BSNL regarding bill(s) will be raised in writing within 30(days)
days of receipt of bills. However, the undisputed amount will be paid within 45
working days from the receipt of bill(s).
20.7 In case of any excess payment by BSNL to the Service Provider against any Order or
for any other reason, the excess amount paid will be adjusted against any sum of
money due and payable to the Service Provider for Order(s). When no such amount
is due, the amount may be adjusted from the bank guarantee(s), if the Service
Provider does not pay the amount due in cash on demand by BSNL.
20.8 Any withholding tax or income tax as per the Government of India orders/ rules/
regulations stipulated from time to time shall be deducted from the sum payable
to Service Provider before making the payment of charges.
20.9 Service Tax, if any, due as per Govt. of India's Orders/ Rules/ Acts from time to
time shall be paid by BSNL in addition to the prices finalized for the services. In
case of Indian Service Provider who are residing in India or who have an office in
India, service Tax, if any, may be claimed and shown separately in the Bill/Invoice.
The Service Provider has to raise Cenvatable Invoice for Service Tax charged. In
case of foreign bidder company who are not residing in India or who do not have an
office in India, service tax, if any, due as per Govt. of India's Orders/Rules/Acts will
be borne and paid by BSNL directly to the Government of India.
20.10 In case of written objection by BSNL, the parties will make all reasonable efforts to
settle the bill dispute promptly. The Parties shall exchange all necessary
information and carry out any inspection of their accounts which may appear
reasonably necessary, and request performance of all necessary technical tests
where applicable to settle said dispute without delay. Upon settlement of a
dispute, the Parties shall carry out, if necessary, the corresponding adjustment of
their accounts. In case, objection is not sustained, BSNL will pay such bill
promptly.
20.11 All payments will be made by BSNL by Advice Transfer/Telegraphic Transfer (TT)/
Account payee cheque or bank draft as per the advice of the Service Provider and
upon furnishing relevant particulars in the Bills/Invoices.
20.12 All expenses arising from payment of the dues to the Service Provider such as
bank charges/ commission, clearance fees etc. will be to the account of the
Service Provider.
20.13 The registered address and banking details of BSNL shall be provided to the
Service Provider separately.
20.14 Service Provider may modify its address or banking information by sending a
written notice to BSNL.
21.

SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS

The proposal from the companies would consist of two parts namely Technical Proposal
and Financial Proposal. Companies are required to submit their Technical Proposal and
Financial Proposal in two separate sealed covers. The following should be clearly
mentioned on each of the said two sealed covers: -

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(i)

Name of the Company

(ii)

Response to the Expression of Interest for Routing of MAP Signaling Traffic of

BSNLs bilateral agreements for International Roaming Service.

(iii)

Type of Proposal (i.e. Technical or Financial )

Both these sealed covers should then be put inside another sealed cover with
the following mentioned on this sealed cover:(i)

Name of the Company

(iv)

Response to the Expression of Interest for Routing of MAP Signaling Traffic of

BSNLs bilateral agreements for International Roaming Service.

Each page of the proposals (both Technical as well as Financial) must be duly signed
and stamped by the authorized signatory. Each page of the proposals should be duly
numbered and total number of pages in the proposal should be clearly mentioned in
Technical as well as Financial proposal. The authorized signatory for submission of
both Technical and Financial bids will be only one person. In case any paper
which is a photocopy and submitted as part of the proposal then the copy of the same
has to be certified by the Company's CS/ CA.
All documents have to be submitted in English Language. In case, if copy of any original
document has been asked for in this EOI which is in a language other than English,
then the same should be submitted along with its English translation. The English
translation should be duly authenticated and signed by the authorized signatory.
The proposals from the interested eligible companies shall be accepted at the following
address up to 14.30 Hrs (Indian Standard Time) on 07.08.2013
The proposal should be addressed to :AGM (VAS-Tech)
O/o GM (VAS-CM)
BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED
(CORPORATE OFFICE)
113, Bharat Sanchar Bhawan
Harish Chandra Mathur Lane
Janpath, New Delhi -110001
22.

PROPOSAL SHOULD CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING

All documents have to be in English Language. In case any original document is in Non
English language then the same has to be translated in English, duly authenticated and
submitted along with this BID. In such case copy of original has also be submitted.
(i) Technical Proposal should contain the following in the same serial order :a) Following format duly filled in :-

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S. No.

Particulars

1.

Company Name & Address

2.

Country base/Head Quarter

3.

Do you have a local representative in

India?

4.

Since when you have been providing the

said service continuously to the GSM
Operators? Specify date

5.

No. of GSM operators to whom you are

presently providing the said service

6.

How many POPs do you have? Please

provide the location details also.

7.

Please describe your QoS

a) Availability
b) MTTR
c) Probability of lost message
d) Probability of undetected corrupted
message

8.

Time frame for implementing the project

showing breakup of activities involved.

9.

Proposed network architecture for the

said service.

10.

Details of configuration required to be

done at BSNL end should be clearly
mentioned.

11.

All assumptions and details regarding

dimensioning of the solution should be
provided as part of the proposal.

Details

b) Copy of the Articles of Association & Memorandum of Association of the

Company
c) Latest audited Annual Report of the Company
d) List of Directors on the Board of the Company with their address(es), contact
telephone numbers, etc

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e) Boards resolution in favor of authorized signatory

f) Attestation of the signatures of the authorized signatory by the Companys
bankers.
g) Experience certificate from at least one of the GSM operators certifying that the
Service Provider has been continuously providing satisfactory services for delivery
of International SMS as asked for in this EOI, to him from the past two year ( two
year from the last date of submission of proposal of this EOI ).
h)

Parawise compliance to the scope of work mentioned in this EOI in the following
format :S.N. Sl. No. of Scope of Work
Complied / not complied
mentioned in this EOI.
i)

Information as asked for in Annexure I duly filled in.

j) List of GSM networks to which the service provider has been providing
the said service ( Service as mentioned in this EOI ) in the following
format :Sl.
No.

Name of Name
Date since when the said Connectivity
operator of
service is being commercially Details
country provided to the operator.

k)

List and details of additional service(s) that can be provided exploiting the
above planned architecture.

l) An undertaking in the format enclosed as Annexure II regarding eligibility

and to abide by all the terms and conditions stated in this EOI.
(ii) Financial proposal :No set up / testing charges will be paid by BSNL to the service provider.

The financial proposal containing the quotes should be submitted in a separate

sealed cover, clearly marked as Financial Proposal, failing which BSNL reserves
the right to cancel the bid / proposal.

The financial quotation has to be submitted in the following format:

Fixed monthly Charge for Routing of MAP Signaling Traffic of BSNLs bilateral
agreements for International Roaming Service in INR (Indian National Rupee)

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The quotes by the bidder shall be based on total signaling requirements emerging
out of routing of MAP Signaling Traffic of BSNLs bilateral agreements for
International Roaming Service and irrespective of destination.

The work includes handling of both originating signaling traffic from BSNL as well
as terminating traffic into BSNL. i.e. outgoing as well as incoming MSU. Except the
quoted rate at para above, no additional charges of any kind shall be paid by BSNL
for routing of MAP Signaling Traffic of BSNLs bilateral agreements for
International Roaming Service and includes conversion from ITU to ANSI and vice
versa.
Note :- Various activities have been stated in the scope of work, This does not
mean that the same is not required to be carried out mandatorily by the service
provider. The service provider is required to successfully and timely execute all
activities stated in this document. As such bidder is required to quote its prices for
the above accordingly. The quoted prices shall be inclusive of cost of all the items
/ works.

The bidder will have to quote total composite price inclusive of all charges / levies and
taxes but excluding Service Tax, if any, payable to Government of India.

All prices by bidder have to be quoted in INR only.

In case of foreign bidder company, all statutory levies as per the law of the land of the
service provider shall be borne by the bidder, and the quotation should be inclusive of
such levies.

In case of Indian bidder, the quotation should separately mention the type of Tax and
its value contained in its composite rate. The composite rate shall be used for
evaluation.

In case of foreign bidder, all statutory levies as per applicable Indian Laws (except
Income Tax) shall be borne by BSNL, and accordingly the same shall be loaded for the
purpose of comparison and evaluation. CENVAT-able taxes and duties shall however
not be considered for evaluation and comparison. Income Tax, if applicable and
deductable at source shall be accordingly deducted. However, the same (i.e. Income
Tax) shall not be considered for evaluation and comparison.

In case of Indian bidder, the quotation should separately mention all types of taxes and
duties applicable and their rates and value. The evaluation and comparison of
responsive bids shall be done on the basis of net cost to BSNL on the prices offered
inclusive of taxes and duties (but excluding CENVAT-able taxes and duties). Further,
Income Tax if applicable and deductable at source shall be accordingly deducted at the
time of payment. However, the same shall not be considered for evaluation /
comparison.

23.

EVALUATION OF THE PROPOSALS

(a) The evaluation of the proposals will be in three stages:
I. Initially screening on the basis of the eligibility criteria

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II. Evaluation of the proposals from the eligible companies on the basis of
the technical requirements / QoS offered / experience.
III. Evaluation of the proposals from the eligible companies on the basis of
the financial parameters.
(b) If a company provides/submits incomplete/ misleading/ ambiguous
information on any of the factor(s), it shall be awarded lowest possible score
against that factor for the evaluation purpose.
(c) Any factor used in evaluation will have a maximum score of ten points. The
overall evaluation score will be the total of the scores in the context of the
technical evaluation and the financial evaluation. However the technical and
financial evaluation will have a weightage of 25% and 75% respectively.
(d) The agreement with the successful bidder will be signed on non exclusive
basis. Draft of the Agreement Document shall be based on the conditions
stipulated herein, and shall be in accordance with BSNL policy on the subject.
BSNL reserves the right to sign agreement with one or more service providers
(applicants).
(e) BSNL has commercial International roaming with 363 foreign operators. The
list of foreign operators with whom BSNL has international roaming is
increasing progressively.
(f) BSNL reserves the right to sign agreement with finally short-listed companies
for an initial term of two years, which could later be extended on mutually
agreed basis.
24. PLACEMENT OF ORDER
BSNL shall consider placement of orders for the service only on that eligible bidder
whose offers have been found technically, commercially and financially acceptable
25. ISSUE OF ADVANCE PURCHASE ORDER
25.1 The issue of an Advance Purchase Order shall constitute the intention of BSNL to
enter into contract with the bidder.
25.2 The bidder shall within 14 days of issue of advance purchase order, give his
acceptance along with performance security in conformity with Annexure III
provided with the EOI document.
25.3 The agreement will be signed on non exclusive basis. BSNL reserves the right to
sign agreement with finally short-listed companies for an initial term of two years,
which could later be extended on mutually agreed basis.
25.4 BSNL reserves the right to discontinue the commercial provisioning of the services
any time in future, depending upon its network conditions or directives from the
regulator / licensor or due to change in its own license conditions or upon
directions from the competent Government authorities.

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26. SIGNING OF CONTRACT

The issue of Purchase order shall constitute the award of contract on the bidder.
27.

GENERAL CONDITIONS
(i)

There is no commitment of minimum signalling traffic by BSNL.

(ii)

BSNL reserves the right to route the said traffic through any other service
provider as well, at sole discretion of BSNL.

(iii)

The Service Provider will have to route signalling traffic to all the foreign
operators as decided by BSNL.

(iv)

The signalling traffic to foreign operators in foreign destinations, with

which the Service Provider has direct connectivity, shall be handed over
directly by Service Provider. For other destinations also, it shall be the
responsibility of the Service Provider to hand-over the signalling traffic to
the destination foreign operator. The Quality of Service commitment shall
remain same in both the cases.

(v)

BSNL reserves the right to accept or reject any proposal or to annul the
EOI process and reject all proposals, at any time prior to finalization of
the service provider(s) without assigning any reason whatsoever and
without thereby assigning any liability to the affected EOI participant on
the ground of BSNL's action(s).

(vi)

BSNL reserves the right to blacklist a participant for a suitable period (as
deemed fit by BSNL) in case it fails to honour its proposal in totality.

(vii)

Any
effort
by
a
company
to
influence
the
proposal
comparison/evaluation/ work award decision by way of overt/covert
canvassing shall result in non consideration / rejection of its proposal.

(viii)

The finally selected service provider, with whom BSNL signs the
agreement, will be required to intimate BSNL as and when any new
operator is connected to their platform.

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Annexure I
List of BSNLs Roaming Agreements
List of operators with whom International Roaming has been commercially
launched through direct agreements of BSNL ( Status as on 31.05.2013 )

Country
Sl No.

Operator
Sl. No.

PLMN Codes

AFGAR

AFGAW

AFGEA

AFGTD

TDCA

ALBEM

Eagle Mobile

ALBAM

ALBVF

ALBM4

Country

MTN I.e. Areeba

Afghanistan

Albania

DZAOT

Algeria

10

AGOUT

Angola

11

ARM01

12

ARM05

13

ARGCM

14

ARGTP

15

ARGTM

16

AUSTA

17

AUSOP

18

AUTHU

9
10
11

12

13

14

19

AUTCA

20

AZEAC

21

AZEAF

22

AZEBC

23

BHSBH

AWCC
Etisalat

AMC
Vodafone
PLUS communication

Operator

Armenia

Djezzy,Orascom
Unitel
Armentel
Vivacell-MTS
AMX(CLARO)

Argentina

Telecom Personal
Telefonica Movils

Australia

Telstra
Optus
Hutchison 3G

Austria

Orange(One Gmbh)
Azercell

Azerbaijan

Azerfon
Backcell

Bahamas

BTC

Bahrain

MTC,Zain

24

BHRBT

25

BHRMV

Batelco

26

BHRST

27

BGDAK

AKTEL, Axiata

28

BGDBL

Banglalink,Orascom

29

BGDGP

VIVA

Bangladesh

Grameenphone

30

BGDTT

Teletalk

31

BGDWT

WARID,Airtel

32

BLR02

MTS

33

BLRMD

34

BLRBT

BTN

35

BELKO

Base/KPN Orange

36

BELTB

Belarus

Belgium

Velcom

Belgacom,Proximus

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15
16
17
18

37

BELMO

38

BLZ67

39

BENGM

40

BENSP

41

BEN02

42

BMUNI

43

BTNTC

44

BTNBM

Mobistar
Belize

Belize Telemedia

Benin

Spacetel(MTN)

Glomobile
Etisalat
Bermuda
Bhutan

M3 Wireless
Tashicell
B-Mobile

BRAV1
45

BRAV2
BRAV3

19

BRARN
46

VIVO-SA
Brazil

BRASP

TIM

BRACS
20

47

21
22
23
24
25
26

27

BRNBR

Brunei

B-Mobile

48

BOLTE

Bolivia

Telecel_TIGO

49

BIHMS

50

BIHPT

51

BWABC

52

BGRVA

53

BGR01

54

BDIET

55

BDI02

Bosnia
Botswana
Bulgaria
Burundi

M-Tel
BH Telecom
beMOBILE
BTC I.e.Vivacom
Mobiltel
Econet Wireless
Africell

56

BFACT

57

BFAON

58

CANGW

WIND Mobile

59

CANBM

Bell Mobility

60

CANRW

Burkina Faso

Canada

Airtel (formerly Celtel)

Onatel

Rogers Wireless, Rogers

Communications

CANMC

FIDO Solutions

61

CANTS

Telus

28

62

CPVCV

Cape Verde

CV Movel

29

63

CAF55

Central African

Atlantique Telecom

64

KHML1

Latelz_Smart Mobile

65

KHMSH

Mfone,Camshin I.e.Shinawatra,

66

KHMCC

67

KHMSM

Casacom,TMIC,Hello Axiata

68

KHMVT

Metfone,Cambodia---network
extension of Viettel,Vietnam

69

TCDML

30

31

32

33

70

TCDCT

71

CHLSM

72

CHLMV

73

CHNCM
CHNCT

Cambodia

Chad

Chile

China

Cadcomms

Millicom
Airtel
Claro
Entel-PCS
China Mobile
China Mobile

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CHNTD

China Mobile

74

CHNCU

China Unicom

75

COLCO

Colombia

TIGO,Colombia Movil

76

CODVC

Democrative
Republic of Congo

Vodacom

77

CODOR

Democrative
Republic of Congo

Congo China Telecom

78

COGWC

Congo

Warid

79

CRICL

80

CRICR

37

81

CUB01

38

82

39

83

40

84

CYPSC

85

CZERM

86

CZEET

87

DNKTD

88

DNKHU

89

DOMCL

90

DOMAC

34

35

36

41
42
43
44

45

ANTCT

91

ARETC

92

AREDU

93

ECUOT

Costa Rica
Cuba
Curacao
Bonaire
Cyprus
Czech. Rep.
Denmark
Dominicana
Dubai (UAE)

Ecuador

Claro
ICE
Cubacel,C-Com
Digicel
Areeba,MTN
T- Mobile (Radio Mobil)
Telefonica O2
TDC
Hi3G Access
Claro
Trilogy
Etisalat
DU
OTECEL

94

ECUPG

95

EGYEM

96

EGYMS

97

EGYAR

98

SLVTP

99

SLVDC

48

100

GNQHT

Equatorial Guinea

HITs

49

101

ESTRE

Estonia

Elisa

50

102

ETH01

Ethiopia

ETC

51

103

FJIDP

Fiji

Digicel

46

47

104
52

105
106

53

54
55
56

Conecel ( Claro)
Etisalat
Egypt

Mobinil
El Salvador

FINTA

FINLAND

FINES
FRAF1

108

FRAF2

109

FRAF3

110

REU02

111

GMBQC

112

GMBAC

113

GAB55

114

GABCT

Alands Telekommunikation Ab
Elisa

FINRL

107

Claro
Digicel

DNA

FIN2G
FINAM

Vodafone

Orange
France

SFR
Bouygues telecom

Re-Union
Island(France)
Gambia
Gabon

Orange
Qcell
Africell
Atlantique Telecom
Celtel,Zain,Airtel

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115

DEUD1

116

DEUE1

117

Telekom Deutschland GmbH (

formerly T-Mobile )
Germany

DEUE2

O2,Telefonica Germany GMBH & Co.

OHG

DEUO2
58
59

60

E-Plus

118

GEOGC

119

GHAMT

Georgia

Geocell

120

GHAGT

121

GHAZN

Zain,Airtel

122

GRCSH

Wind Hellas

123

GRCCO

Millicom,Tigo
Ghana

Greece

One-Touch,Vodafone

Cosmote

61

124

GTMSC

GUATEMALA

SERCOM-CLARO

62

125

GUMHT

GUAM

DoCoMo pacific

GINCL/GIN07
63
64
65

126

GINGS

127

GINAG

128

GNBSB

129

GUYUM

70

71

MTN

Guyana

Guyana Telephone and Telegraph

Co. Ltd.

Digicel

HKGTC

CSL

132

HKGHT

Hutchison Telecom-2G

133

HKGH3

Hutchison-3G

HKGM3

Hong Kong

PCCW-3G,HKT

HKGMC

PCCW-2G,HKT

HKGNW

(CSL Ltd.)New World PCS

136

HKGSM

Smartone

137

HNDME

138

HNDDC

139

HUNVR

140

ISLPS

Simmi hf

141

ISLTL

TAL Ltd. (Vodafone)

142

ISLNO

143

ISLVW

144

IDN89

Hutchison CP tele.

145

IDNLT

PT. Axis Telekom Indonesia

146

IDNIM

Honduras
Hungary

Iceland

Claro
Digicel
Vodafone

Nova
Viking Wireless (IMC)

Indonesia

Indosat

IDNSL

Indosat

147

IDNTS

Telkomsel

148

IRN11

149

Iran

IRQOR/IRQAT
IRQAT

72

73

Areeba
Guinea Bissau

131

135

69

Orange

GUYGT

134

68

Guinea Rep.

130

66

67

Cellcom

MCI
Orascom Telecom,Zain (OTI)

Iraq

150

IRQAC

Asiacell

151

IRQKK

Korek Telecom

152

CIV55

Ivory Cost

Atlantique Cellulaire

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74

75

76

77

153

CIVCM

Comium

154

IRLME

Meteor

155

IRLDF

156

IRLH3

Hutchison 3G

157

ISR01

Partner Communications-Orange

ISRPL

159

ISRCL

Cellcom

160

ITAOM

Vodafone Omnitel

161

ITAWI

162

ITAH3

163

ITAGT

NE-Telecom italia SPA

164

ITASI

Telelcom Italy,TIM

165

JPNKD

KDDI

166

JPNJP

Soft bank

167

JPNEM

168

JPNDO

169

79

170

Wind
Italy

Japan

JAMDC
ABWSE

Anguilla
Aruba

173

Antigua

82

174

Barbados

83

175

Bermuda

84

176

Cayman Island

85

177

Dominica

86

178

Grenada

87

179

88

180

89

181

St.Vincent and
Grenadines

90

182

St.Lucia

91

183

St.Kitts & Nevis

92

184

Turks & Caicos

94
95
96
97
98

99

100

HI-3G

E-Mobile
NTT DoCoMo

81

93

Pelephone

Jamaica

171
172

Israel

Telefonica O2

158

78

80

Ireland

JAMDC

185
186

VGBCC

187

GBRJT

188

GBRAJ

189

JORFL

190

KAZ77

191

KAZKZ

192

KENSA

193

KENEC

194

KORSK

195

KORKF

196

KWTNM

197

KWTMT

198

KWTKT

199

KGZ01

200

KGZNT

Haiti
Samora

British Virgin
Jersey
Jordon
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Korea

Digicel
Setar

Digicel

CCT
Jersey Telecom
Jersey Airtel Ltd
Fastlink I.e. JMTS I.e Zain
MTS (formerly Tele2_NEO)
K'Cell
Safaricom Limited
Essar Telecom
S K Telecom
KTF, KT Corporation
Wataniya

Kuwait

MTC,Zain
KTC,Viva

Kyrgyz Republic

Sky mobile
NUR Telecom LLC

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201

LVABT

202

LVALM

102

203

LAOLA

103

204

104

205

101

105

106

Latvia

Sia Bite
LMT

Laos

Star Telecom--Network Extension of

Viettel,Vietnam

LBR07

Liberia

Cellcom

LIEVE

Liechtenstein

Orange

206

LTUMT

207

LTUOM

208

LUXPT

209

LUXVM

210

LUXTG

Tango

211

MACHT

Hutchison

212

MACCT

107

Lithuania

UAB Bite Lietuva

Omnitel
P&T

Luxembourg

VOXMOBILE,Orange

CTM
Macau

SmarTone--network extension of
SmarTone Vodafone,HongKong

213

HKGSM

108

214

MDGTM

Madagascar

Telma mobile

109

215

MWICP

Malawi

Telekom Networks Malawi

216

MYSBC

110

111
112
113

114
115
116
117

118
119
120

121
122
123
124

217

MYSMI

218

MYSMT

219

MYSCC

220

MDV01

221

MDVWM

222

MLTGO

223

MUSEM

Maxis
Malaysia

U-Mobile
DiGi Telecom
Celcom Axiata Berhad

Maldives
Malta

Dhiraagu
WATANIYA TELECOM
Go Mobile
Emtel

Mauritius

224

MUSCP

225

MUSMT

MTML

226

MEXMS

TEMM, Telefonica

227

MEXIU

228

MCOM1

229

MNGMC

230

MNGMN

231

MNEMT

232

YUGPM

233

MOZVC

234

MOZ01

235

MOZVT

236

NAM03

237

NPLNM

238

NPLM2

239

NLDPT

240

NLDTM

241

NLDLT

242

NERTL

243

NZLTM

244

NZLNH

245

NICEN

Mexico
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro

Cellplus,Orange

Iusacell
Monaco Telecom,Vala
Mobicom
Unitel
MTEL
Telenor Ltd.,Promonte
Vodacom

Mozambique

MCEL
Movitel

Namibia
Nepal

Powercom(Cellone),Leo
NTC
SNPL,NCELL
KPN

Netherland

Telfort
Vodafone

Niger

Atlantique Telecom,Move

NewZealand

NZ Communications,Two degrees
Mobile Ltd.

Nicaragua

Enitel(Claro)

Telecom

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NICSC

Enitel(Claro)

246

NGA55

247

NGAGM

248

NORNC

249

NORNN

250

OMNGT

251

OMNNT

252

PSEJE

253

PSEWM

254

PNGDP

255

PNGPM

256

PANCW

257

PANDC

258

PRYHT

259

PHLDG

260

PHLSR

261

POLP4

262

POL02

134

263

PRTTM

Portugal

TMN

135

264

PRICL

Puerto Rico

CLARO

136

265

QATQT

Qatar

Q-Tel

266

RUSBD

267

RUS01

268

RUSNW

125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133

137

138

139
140
141
142
143
144

145

146
147
148
149

269

RUSKH

270

RWAMN

271

RWATG

272

SAUET

273

SAUAJ

274

SAUZN

275

SMOSM

276

YUGMT

277

YUGTS

278

SENAZ

279

SENSG

280

SYCAT

281

SYCCW

282

SLECM

283

SLEAC

284

SGPM1

285

SGPSH

286

SGPST

287

SVKO2

288

SVKET

289

SVNVG

290

ZAFMN

291

ZAFVC

292

ZAFCC

293

ESPTE

Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Palestine
Papua-New Guinea
Panama
Paraguay
Philippines
Poland

EMTS
Glo Mobile
Netcom,Telia Sonera
Tele2 ( formerly Network)
Omanmobile
Nawras
JAWWAL
Wataniya Mobile
Digicel
Telikom PNG Ltd, BeMobile
Cable & Wireless
Digicel
Claro I.e. AMX
Digitel
Smart Communications
P4
ERA-Polska

KB Impuls,Vimpelcom
Russia

MTS
MegaFon
BaykalwestCom

Rwanda

MTN
TIGO
ETIHAD ETISALAT,Mobily

Saudi Arabia

STC
MTC(Zain)

San Marino
Serbia
Senegal
Seychells
Sierra Leone

SMT
Telenor
Telekom-Srbija
Sonatel_Orange
SENTEL
Telecom_Airtel
Cable & Wireless
Comium
Africell
Mobile One,M1

Singapore

StarHub
Singtel Mobile-SGPST- 900

Slovak Republic

Telefonica O2
Slovak Telekom(T-Mobile)

Slovenia

Tus Mobil

South Africa

Vodacom

Spain

Telefonica Movils(TME)

MTN
Cell-C

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ESPT2

Telefonica Movils(TME)

294

ESPXF

XFERA

295

ESPRT

Orange

296

150

151
152
153
154
155

ESPAT

Vodafone

ESPVV

297

LKADG

Dialog Axiata PLC

298

LKACT

Etisalat Lanka (Pvt) Limited.

299

LKAHT

Sri Lanka

Hutchison

300

LKA71

Mobitel

301

LKAAT

Bharti Airtel Lanka Pvt Ltd

302

SDNBT

303

SUDMO

304

SDNVC

305

SURDC

306

SWEHU

307

SWETR

308

CHEOR

309

CHEC1

MTN Sudan
Sudan

Mobitel,Zain
Vivacell

Suriname
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria

Digicel
Hi3G Access
Telia sonera
Orange
Swisscom

310

SYR01

311

TWNTG

VIBO Telecom Inc.

Syriatel

312

TWNFE

FET

313

TWNTA

TWNPC
156

Taiwan

Taiwan Mobile

TWNTM

157

158

314

TWNKG

KGT

315

TWNLD

Chunghwa

316

TJKIT

Indigo Tajikistan South

317

TJK01

318

TJK91

319

TJKBM

Babilon Mobile

320

TZACT

Celtel,Zain,Airtel

321

TZAVC

322

TZAMB

323

TZAZN

324
159

160
161
162

163

164

Tanzania

THACT
THAWP

326

THAAS

327

TONDP

328

TTODL

329

TTO12

330

TUNTT

331

TUNOR

332

TURTS

333

TURTC
TURIS
TKMBC

336

TKMAA

Tacom

Vodacom
MIC Tanzania Ltd

Truemove
Thailand

DTAC
AIS

Tonga

Digicel Tonga Limited

Trinidad & Tobago

Digicel
TSTT

Tunisia

Tunisie telecom
Orange
Vodafone,Telsim

Turkey

Turkcell
Avea

TURAC

335

Indigo Tajikistan North

ZANTEL

THACO

325

334

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

MTS_BCTI
TMCell

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165

337

UGATL

338

UGAWT

339
166

167

168

Uganda

Uganda Telecom Ltd

Warid Telecom

UKRAS

Astelit

UKRGT

Golden Telecom

Ukraine

340

UKRUM

341

UKRUT

TriMob(formerly Ukrtelecom)

342

GBRHU

Hutchison 3G

343

GBRCN

United Kingdom

UMC(MTS)

Telefnica UK Limited (O2)

344

GBRVF

Vodafone

345

URYTM

Telefonica Moviles

346

URYAM

347

Uruguay

USACB

AMW,Claro
Cincinnati Bell Wireless

USACG
348

USAAT

AT & T

USABS
USAPB

349
350

USANC

NEXTEL

USAUN

UTC,Union

USAW6
USA16
169

USAW0

USA

USAW1
USAW2
351

USAW3

T-Mobile

USAW4
USAW5
USA27
USA31
USASC

170

352

USATL

353

UZB07

354

UZBDU

Telna Mobile
Uzdunrobita
Uzbekistan

Unitel LLC

355

UZB05

171

356

VUTDP

Vanuatu

Digicel

172

357

VENMS

Venezuela

Telcel, Movistar

358

VNMMO

359

VNMBL

360

VNMVI

361

VNMVT

362

ZMBCE

363

ZMBCZ

173

174

Ucell(Coscom)

VMS_Mobifone
Vietnam

GTEL Mobile
Vinaphone
Viettel

Zambia

Celtel,Airtel
CellZ_ZAMTEL

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Annexure II
Format of undertaking to be enclosed with the proposal
( to be enclosed along with the Technical bid)

To,
M/s BSNL,
113, Bharat Sanchar Bhawan
Harish Chandra Mathur Lane, Janpath, New Delhi -110001

This is to certify that M/s ..( the applicant for the EOI of BSNL
for International SMS ) fully meets the eligibility criteria mentioned in this EOI.
2.
M/s ..does not have an equity stake in & of any Basic services/
Cellular services/ Internet services/ Unified Access services/ National Long Distance/
International Long Distance services operating company (ies) in India.
3.
M/s ..is not a licensed service provider to provide Basic
services/ Cellular Services/ Internet services/ Unified access services/ NLD/ ILD services
anywhere in India.
4.
It is hereby undertaken to comply with all the terms and conditions of this EOI
and to successfully and timely carry out the entire scope of work mentioned in the EOI
to the satisfaction of BSNL.

Date
Place
Stamp

Signature of Authorized Signatory

Name of Authorized Signatory
Contact details of Authorised Signatory :Address,
Phone No. ,
Mobile No.,
FAX No.

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ANNEXURE III
PERFORMANCE SECURITY GURANTEE BOND
In consideration of the BSNL having agreed to exempt _____________________
(hereinafter called the said contractor(s)) from the demand under the terms and
conditions of an agreement/(Purchase Order) No

dated. Made between and. Forfor

the
supply
(hereinafter called the said agreement), of security deposit for the due
fulfillment by the said Agreement, on production of the bank guarantee
for.we, (name of the bank)
(here in after refer to as the the bank) at the request of
_____________________________________(contractor(s)) do hereby undertake to
pay to the BSNL amount not exceeding__________________________________ against
any loss or damage caused to or suffered or would be caused to or suffered by the
government by reason of any breach by the said Contractor(s) of any of there terms or
conditions contained in the said Agreement..
2
We (name of the bank) _______________________________________
____________________________________do hereby undertake to pay the
amounts due and payable under this guarantee without any demure, merely on a
demanded from the BSNL stating that the amount claimed is due by way of loss or
damage caused to or would be caused to or suffered by the BSNL by reason of breach
by the said contractor(s) of any of the terms or conditions contained in the said
Agreement or by reason of the contractor(s) failure to perform the said Agreement. Any
such demand made on the bank shall be conclusive as regards the amount due and
payable by the Bank under this guarantee where the decision of the BSNL in these
counts shall be final and binding on the bank. However, our liability under this
guarantee
shall
be
restricted
to
an
amount
not
exceeding
_______________________________________________________
3. We undertake to pay to the BSNL any money so demanded not withstanding any
dispute or disputes raised by the contractor(s)/supplier(s) in any suit or proceeding
pending before any court or tribunal relating thereto our liability under this present
being absolute and unequivocal. The payment so made by us under this bond shall be
valid discharge of our liability for payment there under and the contractor (S)/suppliers
(S) shall have no claim against us for making such payment.
4. We (Name of the bank)___________________________________
further agree that the guarantee herein contained
shall remain in full force and effect during the period that would be taken for the
performance of the said agreement and that it shall continue to be enforceable till all the
dues of the BSNL under or by virtue of the said Agreement have been fully paid and its
claims satisfied or discharged or till_____________________
(office/Department)
Ministry of _______________________________________
certifies
that
the
terms and conditions of the said Agreement have been fully or properly carried out by
the said contractor(s) and accordingly discharges this guarantee. Unless a demand or
claim under this guarantee is made on us in writing on or before the expiry of

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TWO/TWO AND HALF/THREE YEARS (actual period as specified in P.O.) from the date
hereof, we shall be discharged from all liabilities under this guarantee thereafter.
5.
We(Name
of
the
bank)
________________________________________________further
Agree with the BSNL that the BSNL shall have the fullest liberty without our consent and
without affecting in any manner our obligations there under to vary any of the terms
and conditions of the said Agreement or to extend time of performance by the said
contractor (S) from time to time or to postpone for any time or from time to time any of
the powers exercisable by the BSNL against the said Contractor(s) and to forbear or
enforce any of the terms and conditions relating to the said agreement and we shall not
be relieved from our liability by reason of any such variation, or extension being granted
to the said Contractor(s) or for any forbearance, act or omission on the part of the BSNL
or any indulgence by the BSNL to the said Contractor(s) or by any such matter or thing
whatsoever which under the law relating to sureties would, but for this provision, have
effect of so relieving us.
6. This guarantee will not be discharged due to the change in the constitution of the
Bank or the
Contractor(s)/supplier(s).
7.
We (name of the bank)__________________________
lastly undertake not
to revoke this guarantee during its currency except with the previous consent of the
BSNL in writing.
Dated the
____________________day of
For___________________________
(Indicate the name of bank)

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