BSNL 4G stack to be upgraded to 5G by year end: Vaishnaw

Communications minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday said BSNL’s indigenous 4G stack will be upgraded to 5G by the end of 2023.

The company has currently started 4G in pilot mode at 200 tower sites in three districts of Punjab-Ferozepur, Pathankot, and Amritsar.

“After testing for about three months, we will be doing about 200 sites a day. That is the average at which we will go. So, it’s going to be a very good journey for BSNL,” Vaishnaw said at a launch event of 200,000th 5G site.