BSNL already providing 4G in restricted spaces throughout India: file

BSNL expects to hide all telecom circles in India with its 4G services and products by way of the top of March 2024

Indian state-owned telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL) has already introduced 4G services and products in a couple of places throughout India and expects to enlarge its 4G footprint within the coming months, native press reported.

The telco expects to hide all telecom circles in India with its 4G services and products by way of the top of the impending monetary yr, which results in March 2024, in line with the file.

BSNL is making plans to check 200 websites within the upcoming 4 months and by way of the top of September, a complete of 300 websites are anticipated to be put in throughout India. “We can take a look at the era at 200 websites for 4 months, and after September, 300 towers shall be put in around the nation every day,” mentioned the rustic’s Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronics and Data Generation, Ashwini Vaishnaw.

These days, BSNL 4G is to be had in Maharashtra, North East, Odisha, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, UP (East), UP (West), Uttaranchal, West Bengal, Andaman and Nicobar, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chennai Telecom District, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Kolkata Telecom District, and Madhya Pradesh.

The telecom operator is offering 4G services and products by means of spectrum within the 2.1 GHz band.

Consistent with earlier studies, the federal government is anticipated to approve a young for 100,000 4G websites for BSNL’s 4G deployment by way of the top of March. Those websites are anticipated to be supplied by way of a consortium led by way of native company Tata Consultancy Services and products (TCS).

In January, Vaishnaw had mentioned that BSNL may release 5G era in March 2024. Vaishnaw additionally clarified that to begin with, BSNL’s 5G community shall be in line with the NonStandalone (NSA) structure.

In December 2022, BSNL requested the Indian executive for extra spectrum for the longer term deployment of 5G era.

BSNL is more likely to release 5G services and products in 600 MHz, 3.3 GHz, and 26 GHz bands, in line with earlier studies. Those spectrum bands had been reserved by way of the Division of Telecommunication and after the 4G release, all websites shall be upgraded to 5G.