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BSNL installing indigenously developed one lakh 4G sites across the country
New Delhi: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (#BSNL), the Indian central public sector undertaking, under the ownership of Department of Telecommunications is installing indigenously developed one lakh 4G sites across the country. The equipment is 5G upgradable said Minister of State for Communications and Rural Development, Dr. Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar in Lok Sabha.
BSNL is entrusted with ambitious projects of the Government to provide coverage to uncovered villages in the country including rural and underserved areas, such as 4G Saturation Scheme, Boarder Out Post (BOP)/Boarder Intelligence Post (BIP), Left Wing Extremism (LWE) and augmentation of telecom infrastructure in Lakshadweep Islands etc.
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Further, Amended Bharatnet program has been approved by the Union Cabinet on 04.08.2023 to improve penetration of high speed FTTH broadband in rural areas, wherein there is a provision to provide 1.5Cr FTTH connections distributed across all States/UT’s. BSNL is the Project Management Agency for this scheme.
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