BSNL deployed TCS-led indigenous 4G stack at 100,000 sites

BSNL deployed a Tata Consultancy Services-led indigenous 4G technology stack at 100,000 sites across India, according to remarks reported by The Economic Times.

TL;DR

• BSNL deployed an indigenous 4G stack at 100,000 sites nationwide.
• Tata Consultancy Services led the consortium behind the deployment.
• C-DoT served as the core partner and Tejas Networks supplied the radio access network (RAN), the part of a mobile network that connects devices to cell sites.

The deployment involved a consortium led by Tata Consultancy Services. The consortium included C-DoT as the core partner and Tejas Networks as the radio access network (RAN) vendor, with RAN referring to the network equipment that links user devices to the operator’s mobile infrastructure.

The network was deployed for Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), the state-owned telecom operator in India. The reported scale of the rollout was 100,000 sites nationwide.

The article was published under comments attributed to Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani about India’s potential in 6G and quantum technologies. The specific operational detail provided in the report was the nationwide deployment of the indigenous 4G stack for BSNL.

Related questions

• Which companies were part of the BSNL indigenous 4G deployment consortium?
• How many BSNL sites used the TCS-led indigenous 4G stack?
• What role did C-DoT and Tejas Networks play in the BSNL 4G rollout?