Sep deadline for BSNL 5G rollout

State-owned BSNL is expected to meet the latest deadline of launching 5G services in Delhi and other select cities by the end of September, officials said on Friday.

- SUBHAYAN CHAKRABORTY

The telecom operator has completed testing 5G technology at most state capitals, at the new 4G sites installed as part of the ongoing 1 lakh 4G sites deployment, they said.

Most state capitals, including Jaipur, Lucknow, Chandigarh, Bhopal, Kolkata, Patna, Hyderabad, and Chennai, have seen 5G sites being activated, BSNL officials said.

Most of these are newly installed 4G sites under the first phase of the 1,00,000 sites deployment, they added.