BSNL’s pan-India 4G rollout in 18-24 months: TCS

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a part of Tata group, is focussing on to develop tested and proven homegrown next generation telecom technology, and following the satisfactory outcome of the fourth generation or 4G proof-of-concept, is working with state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on network planning, technical and commercial aspects. In an interaction with ETTelecom’s Muntazir Abbas, N Ganapathy Subramaniam, Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Executive Director, TCS spoke on the acquisition of Tejas Networks, commercial 4G deployment, 5G scalability, and dependencies on chips and component supplies. Edited excerpts.

How TCS with the Tata group’s acquisition of Tejas Networks last year, is working to achieve India’s ambition of indigenous next generation technology?