Bharat Sanchar Nigam Restricted (BSNL), a state-run telecom operator in India, has reached the milestone of putting in 50,000 4G websites. Out of this, over 41,000 websites are actually operational (as of October 29, 2024). Almost 36,747 websites have been established beneath Section IX.2 of the mission, and over 5000 websites have been put in beneath the 4G saturation mission. The 4G saturation mission was funded via the Common Service Obligation Fund (USOF), additionally known as Digital Bharat Nidhi. The short-term objective for the corporate is to deploy 1,00,000 4G websites, out of which 50,000 have been put in.
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Within the final three months, over 25,000 websites have been added. At this tempo, BSNL can set up the remaining 50,000 websites by the tip of the present monetary 12 months. Observe that putting in the websites, and making them operational are two various things. So even when BSNL is profitable in putting in the 1 lakh websites by the tip of the present monetary 12 months (i.e., March 31, 2025), it could take extra months to make them operational.
Jyotiraditya Scindia, India’s telecom minister has already confirmed that the completion of 1 lakh 4G websites by BSNL will probably be completed by mid-2025. So we are able to anticipate that within the subsequent 9 months, BSNL will obtain its goal. This might assist the telco in providing high-speed web to prospects all through India.
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Nonetheless, 1 lakh websites will not be sufficient for the telecom operator to supply seamless PAN-India protection, despite the fact that BSNL has entry to a 700 MHz band. Business consultants consider that the federal government and BSNL will take the proper steps and essential measures to maintain increasing protection in India after reaching the milestone of 1 lakh 4G websites.
Alongside 4G, BSNL can be gearing as much as launch 5G. The expertise supplied by TCS (Tata Consultancy Companies) led consortium might be upgraded to 5G via a easy software program improve. In keeping with some reviews, BSNL will launch its 5G within the early part of 2025.
