Mr. Raja sent a note to BSNL asking them not to issue the advance
purchase order at the current rate since this was not fair. He also
advised BSNL to renegotiate with the lowest bidder and "restrict the
APO to the minimum possible quantity and then go in for a fresh tender."

The Minister gave BSNL one more instruction: "If the BSNL decides to
go ahead with the existing tender, it may consider restricting it to
only to 2G as the [Union] Government is yet to finalise its 3G policy."