DoT approves BSNL’s Rs 26,000-crore 4G tender award to TCS

The department of telecommunications (DoT) has cleared BSNL’s Rs 26,821-crore contract to the Tata Consultancy Services-Tejas Networks consortium to roll out the 4G network of the state-owned telecom service operator, using indigenous technology, officials aware of the development said.

The approval from DoT comes after the TCS-led consortium, which also includes the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DoT), completed the trials for its indigenous 4G network as part of the proof of concept last month.