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DEHRADUN: BSNL has started rolling out of 4G network with 200 sites, and after a three-month trial, it will launch an average of 200 sites per day, Communications Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw had said.
The minister said the 4G network of BSNL will be upgraded to 5G by November-December.
“The 4G-5G telecom stack we have developed in India. That stack deployment started with BSNL. Between Chandigarh and Dehradun, 200 sites installations have been done and within the next maximum of two weeks, it will go live,” Vaishnaw said on May 24.
BSNL has placed an advance purchase order of over Rs 19,000 crore with Tata Consultancy Services and ITI Limited for the deployment of a 4G network, comprising more than 1.23 lakh sites.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that India will stand along with the world in 5G and take the lead in 6G, he noted.
