Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) plans to utilise close to Rs 53,000 crore towards upgrading its network to 4G and 5G connectivity in the current year as well as revamping landline network across the country.
The government has committed a capital infusion of Rs 52,937 crore in BSNL during the next financial year starting April 1, 2023.
BSNL will move ahead with the physical installation of new towers, upgradation from 2G, 3G to 4G and 5G and initiating a major revamp in the landline systems of the MTNL and BSNL network.
As per the Ministry of IT and Telecom, the capital infusion is part of the Rs 1.64 lakh crore revival package which was announced last year.