The government has short-listed four companies to fight for state-run telecom giant BSNL's franchisees on it latest WiMAX. The four short-listed companies are Teracom, Take Solutions, Adishwar India and Ampoules & Auto. The government confirmed the information in the Rajya Sabha.

In a written reply, the Minister of State for Communications and IT, Gurudas Kamat informed that Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited has been passed the names of those four companies. He has also said that all these companies have successfully fulfilled the bidding norms set by the franchisor like registered in India for more than two years, and must with a minimum turnover of Rs. 100 crore in each of the last two years.

Companies providing WiMAX operation in foreign countries were also allowed to bid with the condition that they submit an undertaking before signing the agreement with BSNL.

The Minister anticipated that BSNL would soon start other formalities to begin the process.