Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) will roll out its 4G services in major cities and towns in the State by December this year.
“The equipment will be rolled out by September and BSNL customers will have the first experience of 4G by December,’’ Chief General Manager, BSNL, Kerala circle, R. Mani told a press conference here on Tuesday.
BSNL had announced 4G services in Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, and Kozhikode and was to roll out them in March 2017. But the tender formalities had delayed it and BSNL decided to make available 4G in all district headquarters, major cities, and towns.
About 2,200 4G sites would be installed during the next one year in the State.
Along with the new 4G services, BSNL will upgrade 3G services and the decision is pending with the Telecom Ministry.
As many as 1,100 new 3G and 300 new 2G sites are being planned. As much as 71% of the circle is now covered with 3G services against 34% coverage a year ago. It is expected to go up by more than 90% by 2017 end.
In addition to the 200 access points in the circle, Wi-Fi hotspots with BSNL 4G Plus and mobile data offload (MDO) were being planned at 311 locations across the State. Another 500 locations in the State would have Wi-Fi hotspots.
Thrust is being given to the landline with the upgrade of the existing exchanges to the Next Generation Network (NGN) platform that provided a host of value-added services and facilities such as Fixed Mobile Convergence and Fixed Mobile Telephony. At present, 136 exchanges had migrated to NGN.
“The equipment will be rolled out by September and BSNL customers will have the first experience of 4G by December,’’ Chief General Manager, BSNL, Kerala circle, R. Mani told a press conference here on Tuesday.
BSNL had announced 4G services in Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, and Kozhikode and was to roll out them in March 2017. But the tender formalities had delayed it and BSNL decided to make available 4G in all district headquarters, major cities, and towns.
About 2,200 4G sites would be installed during the next one year in the State.
Along with the new 4G services, BSNL will upgrade 3G services and the decision is pending with the Telecom Ministry.
As many as 1,100 new 3G and 300 new 2G sites are being planned. As much as 71% of the circle is now covered with 3G services against 34% coverage a year ago. It is expected to go up by more than 90% by 2017 end.
In addition to the 200 access points in the circle, Wi-Fi hotspots with BSNL 4G Plus and mobile data offload (MDO) were being planned at 311 locations across the State. Another 500 locations in the State would have Wi-Fi hotspots.
Thrust is being given to the landline with the upgrade of the existing exchanges to the Next Generation Network (NGN) platform that provided a host of value-added services and facilities such as Fixed Mobile Convergence and Fixed Mobile Telephony. At present, 136 exchanges had migrated to NGN.
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