<p>New Delhi: State-owned telecom firm BSNL is planning to launch 4G service in December at a small scale and then roll it out across the country by June next year, Chairman and Managing Director P K Purwar said on Saturday.</p>.<p> Speaking to PTI at the India Mobile Congress, Purwar said that the company plans to upgrade 4G service to 5G after June.</p>.<p> 'BSNL 4G service is ready for launch in Punjab in December. We have already done the hardening required for a network with 200 sites. We are in the process of installing 3,000 sites in Punjab,' Purwar said.</p>.Google paid $26 bln to be default search engine in 2021: Bloomberg News.<p> He said that BSNL will gradually increase network deployment to 6,000 and then to 9,000, 12,000 and 15,000 sites per month.</p>.<p> 'Our target is to complete 4G roll-out by June 2024. Post June 2024, we will be moving to 5G services,' Purwar said.</p>.<p> IT company TCS and government-owned ITI have bagged orders worth about Rs 19,000 crore from BSNL for deploying 4G network which is upgradable to 5G.</p>.<p> Purwar said that the BSNL has enough spectrum to deploy 5G services, once 4G roll-out is completed. </p>
<p>New Delhi: State-owned telecom firm BSNL is planning to launch 4G service in December at a small scale and then roll it out across the country by June next year, Chairman and Managing Director P K Purwar said on Saturday.</p>.<p> Speaking to PTI at the India Mobile Congress, Purwar said that the company plans to upgrade 4G service to 5G after June.</p>.<p> 'BSNL 4G service is ready for launch in Punjab in December. We have already done the hardening required for a network with 200 sites. We are in the process of installing 3,000 sites in Punjab,' Purwar said.</p>.Google paid $26 bln to be default search engine in 2021: Bloomberg News.<p> He said that BSNL will gradually increase network deployment to 6,000 and then to 9,000, 12,000 and 15,000 sites per month.</p>.<p> 'Our target is to complete 4G roll-out by June 2024. Post June 2024, we will be moving to 5G services,' Purwar said.</p>.<p> IT company TCS and government-owned ITI have bagged orders worth about Rs 19,000 crore from BSNL for deploying 4G network which is upgradable to 5G.</p>.<p> Purwar said that the BSNL has enough spectrum to deploy 5G services, once 4G roll-out is completed. </p>