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BSNL TO SWITCH TO 5G BY JUNE 2025: TELECOM MINISTER JYOTIRADITYA SCINDIA

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October 15, 2024

BSNL will launch its own 4G network, with plans to switch to 5G by June 2025, making India the sixth country in the world to achieve this.

BSNL TO SWITCH TO 5G BY JUNE 2025: TELECOM MINISTER JYOTIRADITYA SCINDIA

State-run telecom firm BSNL will complete the rollout of indigenously developed 4G technology through 1 lakh base stations by May next year and thereafter switch to 5G network by June 2025, Union Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Monday.

While speaking at the USIndia Strategic Partnership Forum, Scindia said that India followed the world in 4G, marched with the world in 5G and will lead the world in 6G technology.

The minister said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is very clear that the government company is not going to use anyone else's equipment.

"We now have a core and a radio access network that's fully functional. We have got a plan of 1 lakh sites by April-May of next year.

We've rolled out 38,300 sites as of yesterday.

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