India’s own 4G mobile network to be launched soon, says telecom ministry

New Delhi: India’s own 4G mobile network will be launched soon, the telecom ministry has said. Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnav has said that India’s own 4G mobile network will soon become a reality to address connectivity issues across the country. The minister said engineers across the country were working to roll out 4G services, which would be launched soon. The world is watching India in this regard.
Steps have been taken to set up 9000 towers as part of the launch of the 4G network. An amount of `6,446 crores has been sanctioned for the development of infrastructure to set up networks in more than 60,200 villages across the country. The Minister said that BSNL has become a sustainable entity through the Rs 69,000 crore package sanctioned in 2019 and this time too, Rs 44,720 crore has been allocated for BSNL in the budget.