BSNL Will Also Have a Pie of B2B Revenues if 5G Rolled Out Soon

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Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has been working on rolling out 4G. But at the same time, the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DoT), the R&D arm of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) which is BSNL’s partner in launching indigenous 4G, has also been working on homegrown 5G solutions. C-DoT had earlier said that once BSNL launches 4G, it can also launch 5G with the help of a simple upgrade. There were indications that BSNL could get its 5G networks by 2023.

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If BSNL is able to roll out 5G networks by 2023, it will stand a chance to eat up some of the revenues coming from the enterprise or the B2B (Business-to-Business) segment. 5G services will be required by enterprises to automate different processes, and BSNL can jump in here to offer more affordable and quality services to the corporates with the power of seamless 5G.

BSNL Will Get a New Revenue Stream

This will be a completely new revenue stream for BSNL. While the state-run telco already offers enterprise services in India, they aren’t sought by many enterprises. Most enterprises prefer purchasing services or products of private telcos, including Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel.

BSNL will be able to boost its revenues by offering enterprise services with the power of 5G networks. However, in order to do that, BSNL will have to first prove that its network is ready for the workload and the use-cases needed by the enterprises. The private telcos have done that over the last year. The major challenge for BSNL would be finding an appropriate testing partner. C-DoT will certainly help BSNL here.