<span style="color: #222222;">Department of Telecom, DoT, today held a meeting with all the Telecom Service Providers, TSPs, to discuss ways and means for engaging trained 'Agniveers', who will be coming after four years of service with the Armed Forces, in the telecom sector. Representatives of Airtel, BSNL, Reliance Jio and Vodafone-Idea attended the meeting along with senior officers of DoT. The meeting was chaired by Member, Technology, at Sanchar Bhawan, New Delhi.<br />''<br />''During discussions, some areas were identified in which engagement or employment of Agniveers could be done. These include Optical Fibre Maintenance,  Air Conditioning equipment, Provision of infrastructure especially last-mile connectivity, Fibre to Home, and Customer Interface areas.  TSPs agreed that the talent pool of trained, skilled and disciplined youth that would become available as a result of this Agnipath scheme could be an asset for the country.</span><br />