Here at last: BSNL to roll out 4G services from Jan 2018
Sticking to the ‘better late than never’ idiom, state-run telecom operator BSNL has decided to roll out 4G LTE services to its 100 million user base in January 2018. “We have a different strategy for 4G like one is to utilize Wi-Fi route of 4G and for that we have already installed 15000 Wi-Fi hotspots which are 4G enabled and second is to go classical route like LTE which we will begin in January,” Anupam Shrivastava, Chairman, and Managing Director, BSNL, told in an exclusive interview to Gizbot.
The telco has also recently announced its tie-up with domestic handset maker Micromax for 4G feature phone which is branded as “BHARAT-1.” The co-branded device is already available at Rs. 2,200/- and has all facilities which are required for the 4G user. BSNL has bundled a voucher worth Rs 97/- per month which provides unlimited voice and unlimited data to the consumer. This combination of BSNL and Micromax is perhaps one of the most reasonable cost-effective mobile bundling available in the market at present.
