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Tejas Networks will be in charge of providing the hardware for the 4G rollout and TCS will serve as a systems integrator. Within a year of the purchase order, TCS will provide BSNL with the entirety of the core equipment. It would take up to 18 t 24 months to supply the radio equipment.
The government has given Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) the go-ahead to award Tata Consultancy Services(TCS) the 4G contract or order for 4G upgrade. The 4G PoC (Proof of concept) tests with the TCS-led consortium, which also includes the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DoT) , Tejas Networks, and others were previously finished by BSNL.
The government has now given BSNL the go-ahead to complete the 4G upgrade agreement with TCS. The state-run telco can move through with an order of Rs 26,821 crore as stated by an ET Telecom report.
Over 100,000 locations across the country will be upgraded with the assistance of the IT major.
According to the report, TCS would be in charge of managing and maintaining the network for the following nine years. By January 2023, BSNL is anticipated to establish its own 4G networks. Currently, there are roughly 111 million users to the state-run telco. Since the BSNL pricing are so reasonable, the numbers should increase once the 4G rollout occurs on a large scale.
According to the agreement, Tejas Networks will be in charge of providing the hardware for the 4G rollout and TCS will serve as a systems integrator. Within a year of the purchase order, TCS will provide BSNL with the entirety of the core equipment. It would take up to 18 t 24 months to supply the radio equipment.
It would be reasonable to predict that BSNL will need another 2 years to implement 4G on a large scale in India. But the telco can move forward with the 5G non-standalone(NSA) deployment as soon as it offers 4G in significant metro areas. It can proceed as soon as the commercial agreement between BSNL and TCS is finalised, and India will then finally get domestic 4G from BSNL.