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BSNL to launch 5G in Delhi, key cities by September-end: Officials
BSNL to begin 5G rollout in Delhi and select cities by September as 4G deployment crosses 93,000 towers with plans to scale further after first 1 lakh sites
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BSNL’s plans to launch 4G services—years after private telecom operators Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea—have repeatedly been delayed.
State-owned BSNL is expected to meet the latest deadline of launching 5G services in Delhi and other select cities by the end of September, officials said on Friday. The telecom operator has completed testing 5G technology at most state capitals, at the new 4G sites installed as part of the ongoing 1 lakh 4G sites deployment, they said.
Most state capitals, including Jaipur, Lucknow, Chandigarh, Bhopal, Kolkata, Patna, Hyderabad, and Chennai, have seen 5G sites being activated, BSNL officials said. Most of these are newly installed 4G sites under the first phase of the 1 lakh sites deployment, they added.
