The collaboration lays the groundwork for future high-speed internet projects and aims to improve 4G connectivity in 1,000 villages across the country.
Price increases for recharge plans have been implemented by the leading private companies, including Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea, beginning in early July 2024. Because of this change, a lot of users thought about switching to Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) because its plans were cheaper.
Airtel and Vodafone Idea closely followed Reliance Jio in initiating the rate increase. A significant shift in the telecom pricing landscape was marked by the introduction of the new tariffs on July 3 and July 4. Users of other networks began porting their mobile numbers as word of BSNL’s affordable rates spread.
BSNL and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a prominent Tata Group company, have simultaneously signed a significant deal worth Rs 15,000 crore. This strategic partnership lays the groundwork for future high-speed internet projects and aims to improve 4G connectivity in 1,000 villages across the nation.
BSNL’s partnership with Tata may pose a threat to their 4G service dominance, which is currently held by Airtel and Jio. The ongoing construction of data centers by Tata in four different parts of the country further demonstrates their dedication to improving telecom infrastructure.
In India’s telecom industry, the alliance between TCS and BSNL is anticipated to herald significant advancements in connectivity and competition, paving the way for further developments in the near future.
In a Rs 15,000 crore 4G deal, TCS is building four large BSNL data centers.
India’s first locally developed 4G network solution will be implemented for BSNL across the entirety of its service area by the IT division of Tata and the government agency C-DOT. 38 locations need to have equipment installed as part of this.
According to N Ganapathy Subramaniam, Tata Consultancy Services’ chief operating officer, in connection with its Rs 15,000 million agreement with the state-owned telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd., the company will construct substantial data centers in the country’s four regions.
As part of its 4G network deployment, the IT services arm of the Tata Group and the government’s Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) will make 38 deployments of varying capacities in BSNL premises across all telecom circles, making it the first indigenous network solutions provider.
Subramaniam stated, “This is going to be the most complicated deployment with two large data centers in each of the four zones: PR (for the primary server) and DR” (for the disaster recovery server). In addition, we will establish 30 data centers in each telecom circle based on the load requirements of that circle. As a result, there have been 38 deployments, and we are collaborating with hardware supply partners to finish the implementation by June.
In India, Tata will work with BSNL to implement 4G.
State-owned Indian operator BSNL has appointed a partner with whom it will roll out 6,000 of the 4G sites, following yesterday’s report that it will deploy 112,000 mobile towers across India.
Indian company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), which claims to offer cutting-edge IT solutions and services, has been awarded the $72.3 million contract.
Indian media reports claim that BSNL and TCS will establish 4G sites in areas with “high revenue potential” and “infrastructure that is 4G-ready.” An apparently nationwide rollout will follow.
An Indian government-owned telecommunications technology development center known as the Centre for Development for Telematics (C-DoT) was quoted in India’s Economic Times as saying that BSNL will launch its commercial 4G services and non-standalone 5G by August of this year.
This assessment could be positive; Regarding 4G, BSNL’s track record thus far is not particularly encouraging.
The operator’s 4G tender was canceled by the government in 2020 due to allegations that conditions prevented domestic businesses from participating. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) eventually put forward criteria that included using domestic vendors, which may have limited the operator’s access to proven or tested 4G core technology despite BSNL’s requests to be permitted to use 4G core technology from established names.
Despite the fact that the situation is close to being resolved, BSNL’s performance in the mobile market remains poor. According to figures provided by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), BSNL is currently significantly behind its competitors in terms of market share.
BSNL and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL), another state-owned company, had a combined market share of 10.24 percent at the end of January 2022, while private operators had an 89.76 percent share. Additionally, it goes without saying that all of the major players already provide 4G service to a significant portion of the Indian market.