State-owned telecom agency BSNL is planning to launch 4G service in December at a small scale after which roll it out throughout the nation by June subsequent 12 months, Chairman and Managing Director P Ok Purwar mentioned on Saturday.Talking to PTI on the India Cellular Congress, Purwar mentioned that the corporate plans to improve 4G service to 5G after June.
“BSNL 4G service is prepared for launch in Punjab in December. We have now already achieved the hardening required for a community with 200 websites. We’re within the course of of putting in 3,000 websites in Punjab,” Purwar mentioned.
He mentioned that BSNL will progressively improve community deployment to six,000 after which to 9,000, 12,000 and 15,000 websites monthly.
“Our goal is to finish 4G roll-out by June 2024. Submit June 2024, we will likely be shifting to 5G providers,” Purwar mentioned.
IT firm TCS and government-owned ITI have bagged orders price about Rs 19,000 crore from BSNL for deploying 4G community which is upgradable to 5G.
Purwar mentioned that the BSNL has sufficient spectrum to deploy 5G providers, as soon as 4G roll-out is accomplished.