BSNL 4G Can Be a Boon for the Indian Telecom Industry

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is pushing hard to roll out 4G in India. The state-run telco already has several 4G sites in many prominent cities as well as tier-2 and tier-3 cities of the country. But the pan-India rollout of 4G services will require a lot of resources and upgradation of more than 1,00,000 sites which also includes sites of Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL).

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BSNL’s 4G rollout will be a boon for India because it will dilute the competition in the telecom industry. Currently, the real competition is between Airtel and Jio, while Vodafone Idea (Vi) is trying to recover from its critical financial condition.

BSNL Will Increase Connectivity in Rural Parts of India

One great thing that BSNL is expected to follow up with is providing efficient network services in rural or remote parts of India. Jio is already eyeing to do that, and Airtel is also starting to go the same route. However, BSNL already has numerous sites present in the rural parts of the country.

All that the telco needs to do is upgrade those sites to 4G. Once done, it can build an impressive network of 4G all across the country. Because of BSNL’s attractive pricing, several users would be compelled to try out its offerings.

BSNL Hybrid 4G Plans

For rolling out 4G fast so that it can survive, BSNL is eyeing for an hybrid 4G rollout. It has communicated the same with the government and also received nods from the ETG and the Department of Telecommunications (DoT).

Under the hybrid 4G plan, BSNL plans to divide the tender into two parts. One part will reserve 50,000 sites for the Indian vendors, and the remaining 57,000 sites will be offered to global telecom vendors such as Ericsson, Nokia, and more.