BSNL is Like the Child that was Ignored by the Parents

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Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a state-run Indian telecom company, is like a child that has a ton of potential to do great in life, but the parents have sort of ignored the needs of the child to grow. However, the parent, which is the government in this case, had realised long back that the child (BSNL) doesn’t have to be like the other kids around (Airtel, Jio, and Vodafone Idea). Instead, the parent decided that BSNL should do something different. The government said that BSNL should source homegrown technology for the 4G rollout and not go with foreign tech and equipment like the private operators. Whether this “different” is something better or not can’t be determined in a definitive manner right now. However, it does present a lot of good for India in a theoretical manner. Hear me out.

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While the need for homegrown tech has pushed BSNL much behind in the game, it can be a foundation for something great. BSNL would have the opportunity to market its 4G as ‘Desi 4G’, something that none of the private operators can do. For the unaware, BSNL is expected to roll out homegrown 4G from Jan 2023. In the same manner, as 4G, BSNL would launch 5G with local tech.

This does more good for the nation than people realise. Firstly, it reduces India’s dependency on foreign players for tech. It is true that the quality and the scale of tech that giants such as Nokia, Ericsson, Huawei, Cisco and more bring to the table is not present in India. But India has to start somewhere, and someone needs to push the needle to make things happen. The government is utilising BSNL to do that.