BSNL Floats Tender for 5G Rollout Across 1,876 Sites in Delhi: Report

BSNL Floats Tender for 5G Rollout Across 1,876 Sites in Delhi: Report
State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has reportedly issued a tender, inviting original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to deploy indigenous 5G commercial services across 1,876 sites in the Delhi circle. The Delhi circle will have a primary 5G-as-a-Service Provider (5GaaSP), and a secondary 5GaaSP, as per the tender, according to an ET report.

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BSNL 5G Network Capabilities

BSNL plans to launch its 5G services using the 900 MHz low-band for coverage and the 3.5 GHz mid-band for capacity. The public sector telco aims to deliver enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB), voice, video, data, SMS, ultra-reliable low-latency communications (uRLLC), massive Machine Type Communication (mMTC) services, and network slicing through its 5G network.

Revenue-Share Model

“BSNL intends to deploy 5G services on “Network as a service” model on a revenue share basis in Delhi LSA with CAPEX and OPEX on the part of the selected bidder,” BSNL reportedly said in the tender. Bidder refers to the “5G as a Service Provider (5GaaSP)”.

“The primary 5GaaSP shall deploy one 5G SA core and 5G-RAN from, up to two OEMs. The secondary 5GaaSP shall deploy up to two OEMs of 5G-RAN,” it reportedly said.

Technical Specifications

Per the technical specifications, the 5G Core network must initially support 1 Lakh registered subscribers, with infrastructure—including the Core and Radio Access Network (RAN)—compliant with 3GPP Release 15 and above and aligned with Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC) standards.