BSNL users waiting for 4G are going to get the gift of 5G service soon. Union Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has made a big disclosure regarding the launch date of 5G service of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited. During an event organized on Monday, October 14, the Union Minister said that preparations for BSNL 5G service have been completed. The government telecom company is installing thousands of mobile towers across the country to upgrade the network.
5G service will start soon
Union Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said that the company can launch 5G network by June 2025 next year. He said at the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum ITUWTSA that India followed the world in 4G, is catching up with the world in 5G and will lead the world in 6G technology.
The Telecom Minister said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is very clear that the government company will not use anyone else's equipment. “We now have a core and a radio access network which is fully functional,” Scindia said. We have plans for one lakh sites by April-May next year. We have launched 38,300 sites till yesterday.
He further said, “We are going to launch our own 4G network, which will move to 5G by June 2025. We will be the sixth country in the world to do so.'' Government company BSNL is using 4G technology developed by a collaboration of C-DOT and domestic IT company TCS. Scindia said that India implemented 5G technology the fastest in the world with the installation of 4.5 lakh towers in 22 months and this service is available to 80 percent of the country's population.
1 lakh towers will be installed
BSNL plans to install 1 lakh new towers for 4G/5G service, out of which 75 thousand towers are targeted to be installed by the end of this year. In this year's budget, the Central Government has allocated a budget of thousands of crores to revive the government telecom company BSNL.
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