Union Minister Jyotiraditya M Scindia addressed a press conference on Friday to announce the inauguration of more than 97,500 Mobile 4G Towers at a cost `37,000 crore. Jyotiraditya Scindia says, “BSNL’s swadeshi 4G launch, which is on C-DoT core - fully upgradable to 5G, Tejas RAN marks a historic step towards Viksit Bharat.”
This initiative aims to reinforce India’s telecom self-reliance. Posted On: 26 SEP 2025 Aligned with the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat and technological self-reliance, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) today announced the launch of its indigenous 4G technology network.
The Minister of Communications and Development of North Eastern Region, Jyotiraditya Scindia, announced that more than 97,500 Mobile 4G Towers were commissioned by the Prime Minister yesterday, September 27, at Jharsuguda, Odisha.
The Minister remarked that more than 92,600 mobile sites installed by BSNL are of Swadeshi 4G technology, which is 5G upgradable.
It is a fully indigenous 4G technology stack featuring a Radio Access Network (RAN) developed by Tejas Network, a core network by C-DOT, and integrated by TCS.
More than 4,700 mobile 4G Towers have been installed by both RJIL (Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd) and BAL (Bharti Airtel Ltd) and 14,180 mobile 4G Towers under the saturation project have been funded by DBN (Digital Bharat Nidhi). These towers cover 26,700 unconnected villages in remote, border and left-wing extremism-affected areas and will be a strategic enabler for Digital India, serving over 2 million new subscribers and powering a range of e-Governance services, digital payments, online education, telemedicine, and citizen-centric applications on a click of a button.
He added that BSNL in its Silver Jubilee Year has taken a historic step in ushering India into the era of self-reliant telecom infrastructure and making India the 5th country in the world to achieve this and emphasised that this milestone is not just a technological upgrade but a reaffirmation of India’s capability to design, develop and deploy advanced telecom networks indigenously. This has been achieved through the relentless work of scientists and engineers, who accomplished this feat in three years, whereas other countries took decades.
Secretary Telecom Dr Neeraj Mittal added that it is imperative to develop indigenous capabilities to achieve self-reliance. 4G technology stack developed by Indian companies will position India in a dynamically shifting industry as a product-offering country.
Marking BSNL's silver jubilee, A Robert J Ravi, CMD, BSNL, remarked that BSNL’s Silver Jubilee year has allowed us to lead the country into the indigenous 4G era.
The Swadeshi 4G launch reinforces India’s telecom self-reliance, enabling seamless connectivity and seamless e-Governance services nationwide.