RailTel Bags ₹166 Crore BSNL Order; To Execute by July 2028

2 Aug 2025 , 08:44 PM

RailTel Corporation of India Ltd announced that it has received an advance work order worth ₹166.38 crore (inclusive of taxes) from Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL). The service-based contract is scheduled to be executed by July 31, 2028, and was awarded under BSNL’s terms specified in the Advance Work Order (AWO).

The update comes on the heels of RailTel’s robust quarterly performance. For the quarter ended June 30, 2025 (Q1 FY26), the company posted a 36% year-on-year jump in net profit. Thereby rising to ₹66 crore from ₹48.6 crore in the year-ago period.

Revenue from operations surged 33.2% to ₹743.8 crore. This is up from ₹558 crore in Q1 FY25, driven by strong demand for its telecom and ICT services. EBITDA rose 28% to ₹133 crore, although the operating margin slightly narrowed to 17.89% from 18.6% a year earlier.

RailTel continues to be one of India’s largest telecom infrastructure providers, offering end-to-end broadband, telecom, and ICT solutions across the country.

Its extensive backbone includes:

• 62,000 km of optical fibre along railway tracks
• 21,000 km of intra-city access network
• Over 11,000 Points of Presence (PoPs)
• A nationwide footprint of 1,100+ telecom towers

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