The government has announced that it is open to amending the Telegraph Act to incorporate cellular service providers to get a share from the Universal Service Obligation (USO) Fund to connect all villages, highways and the rail network. So far, these funds were available primarily to fixed line operators, mainly Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), to provide services in rural India. However, since most of the private basic service providers had failed to meet their rural obligation, it is believed that allowing cellular operators to get a share of the fund would give private cellular companies major financial assistance for their next phase of expansion, either in the villages or on the highways.