BSNL's Q1 loss widens to ₹1,280 crore as expenses outpace growth

BSNL is a big telephone and internet company that is owned by the government of India.

In the first three months of its new financial year, the company lost ₹1,280 crore, which is a very big amount of money.

It lost more money than it did in the same time last year because its expenses grew faster than the money it earned.

The company spent more on things like its network and employee salaries.

On the bright side, each customer is paying a little bit more on average than before, and the company is building many new 4G towers.

It even started testing its new 5G network in Delhi, which should make internet faster.

However, some tests show that BSNL's network is not working as well as other phone companies' networks.

Some experts think the increase in customer payments might be happening because fewer active users are using the network, not because the company is doing better.

BSNL also merged with another government company, which changed some of the numbers it reports.

The company hopes things will improve as it builds more of its network.