350 BSNL 4G Towers Installed in AP Circle The Chief General Manager of BSNL for AP region, AP Rao, launched the BSNL 4G services today along with other officials in Vijayawada. Rao also expressed delight over BSNL’s current growth, highlighting that the telco has amassed 3.33 lakh new customers this year by July 29. The official also noted that currently, BSNL is facilitating traffic of 122.6TB per day. In the AP circle only, Rao remarked that BSNL would be spending Rs 200 crore for modernisation and expansion of mobile services in the current financial year. BSNL’s Come Back in the Telecom Market With 4G It is worth noting that BSNL has been financially strapped from the last few months after being bruised by the data tariff war which started as the result of dirt-cheap tariffs introduced by the Mukesh Ambani led telecom operator, Reliance Jio. Now while the other telcos started offering 4G services shortly after Reliance Jio came into the scene, BSNL due to its lack of 4G spectrum in various circles could not migrate its customers to 4G network and as such, the telecom operator was left behind when it came to speeds and service quality and started facing massive losses. However, as of late, BSNL along with MTNL and with the help of inputs from the government has been working on a revival plan for the company. The telco has also received a green flag for administrative allocation of spectrum for 4G services meaning that now BSNL will be better equipped to launch 4G services in various state and hence offer better speed and services to the customers. The telco is also launching various offers and bundling freebies with its plans to lure more and more subscribers.
