The 5G FWA service is constructed on BSNL’s direct-to-device platform
In sum – what to know:
BSNL launches 5G FWA – BSNL launched its ‘Quantum 5G Mounted Wi-fi Entry’ service in Hyderabad, providing SIM-less connectivity with quick deployment and indigenous expertise.
Fiber-free web choice – The wi-fi service makes use of BSNL’s current tower infra, reaching 85% of households in Hyderabad with out the necessity for trenching or fiber rollout.
Nationwide growth coming – Pilot rollouts in six cities are deliberate by September 2025.
Indian state-owned telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Restricted (BSNL) has soft-launched a 5G mounted wi-fi entry (FWA) providing in Hyderabad, in response to native press experiences.
Indian newspaper The Hindu famous that the brand new service is branded as Quantum 5G FWA, though no quantum communications applied sciences are concerned. BSNL’s FWA providing is focusing on enterprises, companies, gated communities and particular person households.
The provider’s chairman and managing director Robert Ravi stated the 5G FWA service is constructed on the provider’s direct-to-device platform with a totally indigenous stack core designed and built-in by Indian distributors. He additionally stated the pilot shall be expanded to Bengaluru, Pondicherry, Visakhapatnam, Pune, Chandigarh and Gwalior by September 2025.
Earlier this month, the Indian authorities confirmed that BSNL was planning to deploy one other 100,000 4G towers throughout India, following the profitable set up of almost 100,000 towers.
India’s Minister of State for Communications Pemmasani Chandrasekhar, stated in an interview with native newspaper The New Indian Categorical, that the Division of Telecommunications (DoT) is planning to method the Union Cupboard for approval of the following section of BSNL’s 4G growth.
In Might 2023, the Indian telco awarded a contract to a Tata Consultancy Companies (TCS)-led consortium, which incorporates Tejas Networks, the Middle for Improvement of Telematics (C-DOT) — the developer of BSNL’s 4G core — and ITI Ltd. The settlement covers the provision of 4G gear for 100,000 telecom towers. It additionally contains community elements, together with third-party parts and a 10-year annual upkeep contract.
Latest experiences instructed that the state-run telco might be able to launch its 5G community as early as June 2025, positioning the corporate to raised compete with non-public suppliers like Reliance Jio and Airtel, who already supply 5G companies in lots of elements of the nation.
The corporate is getting ready for a nationwide 5G rollout after reaching a stabilization of its ongoing 4G deployment, in response to current experiences, which cited the nation’s Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, as saying.
Scindia confirmed that BSNL will change to 5G expertise solely after its 4G community is absolutely stabilized and meets service high quality requirements. “As soon as the 100,000 towers [are] put up and the community is stabilized, as soon as we see that the QoS is on top of things… then we begin switching. Transferring from 4G to 5G shouldn’t be that tough,” he stated.
The Indian authorities has additionally dominated out overseas participation in BSNL’s 5G deployment.
To ship 5G SA companies, BSNL will make the most of the 900 MHz and three.3 GHz spectrum bands. Initially, the rollout will goal 100,000 subscribers. The telco has already examined its 5G indigenous expertise at three areas in New Delhi — Nehru Place, Chanakyapuri and Minto Street.
Earlier this 12 months, BSNL had obtained curiosity from three firms for deploying its 5G Standalone (SA) community in Delhi, protecting 1,876 websites throughout the nationwide capital.
Whereas 29 firms participated within the pre-bid assembly for BSNL’s 5G tender, solely three have moved ahead within the course of — Tejas Networks, Lekha Wi-fi and Galore Community. Tejas Networks, already engaged in BSNL’s 4G rollout, is offering the telco with an indigenous 4G stack, which could be upgraded to 5G.
