Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) will soon launch its 5G services, pilot project for 5G has been completed, along with trials for the upgradation of the 4G networks said Vivek Dua, Principal General Manager (PGM) CDN at the public sector telecom company.
A senior executive of the state-run telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) said the telco has completed a pilot project for 5G, and will soon launch its fifth-generation (5G) services.
“We already have done the testing for the 5G. Our network, which is 4G right now, is upgradable and the trials already are in the field. So very soon we’ll be rolling out our 5G stuff also,” Vivek Dua, Principal General Manager (PGM), CDN at BSNL, told news agency ANI
September 27, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s fully indigenous 4G stack and 1 lakh BSNL indigenous 4G towers from Jharsuguda, Odisha.
Dua said government policies for the space sector will enable satellite communications (satcom) in India. “The initiatives taken by government in the last couple of months is really going to unlock the whole space,” he was quoted as saying.
As per the executive, the trio of satellite, fibre, and radio networks will help bridge the connectivity gap across India’s diverse terrain.
“By bringing in investment from our international partners, that will really help the country to go really fast on this path,” he said, as per the report.
Dua acknowledged that the government, as well as the BSNL management, is undertaking investments and internal reforms to enable the operator to offer enhanced customer-centric services. “The government has really invested a lot in the last three years… And at the same time, the management in BSNL is putting a lot of effort, which is very customer-centric, to bring customer delight.”
“You would see in the market that the customer base, the customer delight has really improved in the last one year or so.”
He highlighted the ongoing BharatNet program, which aims for 100% saturation in villages in the country, with the current investment already “sufficient to have the connectivity enabled for the urban as well as the complete rural India”, according to the report.
Dua said artificial intelligence (AI) will be central to the evolution from 5G to 6G.
