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Modi to Inaugurate BSNL’s Swadeshi 4G Stack, Commission 97,500 Towers Nationwide on Saturday

Officials describe the C-DOT/Tejas/TCS-built, cloud-based system as a 5G‑ready self‑reliance milestone already carrying traffic for about 22 million users at an announced cost of roughly ₹37,000 crore.

In its 25 years, BSNL has, in a way, mirrored the journey of our Republic itself: It is moving from dependence to confidence, from aspiration to leadership, and demonstrating that India’s technological destiny can be owned, shaped, and celebrated by its own people. (Shutterstock)
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Overview

  • The Prime Minister will launch the nationwide rollout from Jharsuguda, Odisha, formally commissioning more than 97,500 mobile 4G towers on September 27.
  • BSNL’s indigenous stack combines a C-DOT core with Tejas Networks’ radio access equipment and TCS as systems integrator, with deployment planned across roughly 98,000 sites.
  • Under the Digital Bharat Nidhi 4G saturation project, about 14,180 BSNL towers and over 4,700 sites by Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel are slated to bring service to around 26,700 remote and border villages, reaching an estimated two million first‑time users.
  • Government briefings say the new network currently handles about four petabytes of data daily and supports approximately 22 million subscribers, as BSNL reports back‑to‑back quarterly profits after years of losses.
  • Local rollouts highlighted by officials include first‑time connectivity for 240 villages in Uttar Pradesh, with parallel expansions detailed in states such as Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, and the Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.