BSNL Satellite Phone

The BSNL satellite phone can make calls and send messages beyond mobile network coverage, but its high price and India's strict rules mean it is not a regular smartphone alternative

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched BSNL’s indigenously developed 4G ‘Swadeshi stack’, placing India in a select group of countries with homegrown telecom technology.

Growth seen in both rural and urban areas with greater concentration in the latter

The Inmarsat-BSNL combine has set up a local gateway in Ghaziabad at a cost of $8 million

Govt agencies, offices will be using the phones in the first phase