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BSNL 5G and 4G service launch date: BSNL customers are eagerly waiting for the arrival of 4G and 5G services. The government has announced the launch date of BSNL's 4G and 5G services. Government telecom company BSNL will complete the implementation of indigenously developed 4G technology through one lakh base stations by May next year. Giving this information on Monday, Union Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said that the company will then come on 5G network by June 2025.
BSNL will be 5G by June 2025
He said at the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum that India followed the footsteps of the world in 4G and is moving forward with the world in 5G. It will also lead the world in 6G technology. The minister said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is very clear that the government company will not use anyone else's equipment. Scindia said that now we have a core and a radio access network, which is fully functional. We have a plan of one lakh sites by April-May next year. We have launched 38,300 sites till yesterday. He said that we are going to start our own 4G network, which will move to 5G by June 2025. We will be the sixth country in the world to do so.
the government said this
BSNL is using 4G technology developed by a consortium of government-owned C-DOT and domestic IT company TCS. Scindia said India implemented the fastest 4G to 5G technology in the world with the installation of 4.5 lakh towers in 22 months and the service is available to 80 percent of the country's population. For the launch of BSNL 5G services, existing sites will be slightly modified and their software will be upgraded.
Target to add this many customers by 2025
BSNL aims to achieve 25% customer base by the end of 2025. BSNL on August 6 announced that it will introduce over-the-air (OTA) and universal SIM (uSIM) platforms that work on 4G and 5G. This will enable customers to choose their mobile number as well as change SIM without geographical restrictions. BSNL is a public sector company owned by the Government of India.