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India Today
19-06-2025
- Business
- India Today
BSNL 5G is now Quantum 5G, but when will BSNL launch its 5G service in India?
When will BSNL launch its 5G services? While the state-run telco has been actively conducting 5G trial runs in various Indian cities, there is no word on when BSNL 5G will be rolled out to the public. Online reports mentioned a June 2025 window, but as we fast approach July, it is becoming more and more clear that it will take some more time. However, some new developments suggest the launch of BSNL 5G is imminent, meaning it might happen any day fact, the government wants you to know, it has already launched the service, and it has in some way, but not entirely. There are two big takeaways. The government has announced that BSNL 5G services will be launched under a new banner. It is called Q-5G, where Q is short for 'quantum.' So, the first big takeaway is that BSNL 5G is officially called Quantum 5G now. The name is crowdsourced, meaning that it was picked by people at large – not by BSNL.'Because of you, we now have a name that reflects the power, speed, and future of BSNL's 5G network,' the telco posted on X, the platform previously known as Twitter. 'Together, we've not just launched a service - we've made history.' The government touts BSNL 5G or BSNL Q-5G as a next-generation telecom network/service built indigenously from ground-up. It is being built in consultation with a consortium led by TCS and backed by others like Tejas Network, C-Dot, and ITI. No foreign player is apparently involved in the development. BSNL has been allocated the necessary spectrum in premium 700 MHz and 3.3 GHz bands and the telco has confirmed that it will use its existing and upcoming 4G towers for the rollout since they are 5G-ready. Given that it plans to set up 100,000 such towers pan-India (of which more than 50 percent are already up and running), one can expect BSNL to cover a lot of ground once its 5G services become fully now, the telco has 'soft-launched' an FWA or fixed wireless access service for enterprise customers in select circles and cities, including Hyderabad. The Quantum 5G FWA service will offer high-speed connectivity without requiring a SIM card. BSNL 5G trials are running in Delhi, Jaipur, Lucknow, Chandigarh, Bhopal, Kolkata, Patna, Hyderabad and Chennai. With recent developments like Q-5G branding and Q-5G FWA launch, it is all but clear that BSNL is in an advanced stage and wide-scale consumer 5G roll out is almost here.
The Hindu
18-06-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
BSNL soft-launches SIM-less, 100% home-grown 5G fixed-wireless service ‘Quantum 5G FWA'
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), the government-owned telecommunications provider, has announced the launch of high speed connectivity solutions in Telangana circle, including Quantum 5G FWA (Fixed Wireless Access), Micro Data Centre and International Gateway, in Hyderabad on Wednesday. Chairman and managing director A. Robert J. Ravi said the SIM-less BSNL Q-5G (FWA) services aims to provide 100% secure, reliable internet connectivity to enterprises, businesses, gated communities and individual homes using 'home grown' 5G technology developed in collaboration with indigenous partners. Addressing customers and staff, he said the service is being launched for the first time in the country at Ameerpet exchange. 'Hyderabad's tech-savvy ecosystem makes it the perfect launch-pad for our next-generation access portfolio. It has beenbuilt on BSNL's direct-to-device platform, fully indigenous stack core with design and integration by Indian vendors under the 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' programme,' he said. With Gigabit-class speeds, it is ideal for UHD (ultra high definition) streaming, cloud gaming and remote work; the rapid install self-install gateway reaches 85% of Hyderabad households under existing BSNL tower grid with no trenching or fibre pull required. The pilot expansion will also happen in Bengaluru, Pondicherry, Visakhapatnam, Pune, Chandigarh and Gwalior by September 2025. The tariff introductory plans is ₹999 and ₹1,499 per month for 100Mbps and 300Mbps speeds, respectively. Micro data centre BSNL Micro Data Centre is a small scale self-contained data centre designed to provide localised computing resources, storage and networking as an alternative to available cloud solutions, said the CMD. These are ideal for healthcare facilities providing quick access to medical imaging and patients, manufacturing plants, retail stores etc., providing virtual servers, storage and security with option of hiring space in BSNL data centres. International Gateway is for connecting domestic telecom network to international telecom networks for quality voice, SMS and data communications assuring a seamless internet experience. Another area of technology development has been in working on 6G with government support where each mobile phone will act as an antenna, added Mr. Ravi. Chief General Manager D.M Ezhil Buddhan, Chief General Manager-Telangana Circle Ratna Kumar and other top officials were present.
