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Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has commissioned astir 7,500 4G mobile towers successful Tamil Nadu nether the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Saturday (September 27, 2025) inaugurated the indigenous 4G stack, which has been commissioned successful much than 1 lakh sites crossed the country, including Tamil Nadu.
S. Parthiban, Chief General Manager of BSNL T.N. and Chennai Telephones, portion addressing the media successful Chennai connected Friday (September 26), said that arsenic portion of BSNL’s metallic jubilee celebrations, it is deploying the 4G telecom stack developed nether the ‘Made successful India’ project.
As portion of this project, Mr. Modi inaugurated 97,356 4G mobile towers installed crossed the country. The 4G mobile towers were commissioned nether the Digital Bharat Nidhi (formerly known arsenic USOF).
In the State, 19 sites person been upgraded to 4G successful 4 districts comprising Chennai, Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur, and Chengalpattu, and villages successful the districts of Salem, Cuddalore, Vellore, Madurai, and Erode are planned to beryllium covered.
Mr. Parthiban said that nether the USOF project, 289 villages were initially identified arsenic lacking 4G coverage. Based connected this, BSNL has planned to instal caller towers successful 222 locations and upgrade 35 locations to 4G wherever a 2G web is already available. The full outgo of the task is ₹245 crore.
The BSNL has planned to supply 4G services successful distant areas of Nilgiris, Sathyamangalam forest, Kolli Hills, Yercaud, Pachamalai, Kalvarayan Hills, Javadhumalai, and Melur slope. Under this project, the caller sites volition beryllium equipped with afloat infrastructure support, including round-the-clock electricity, star panels, batteries, and powerfulness plants for the towers.
The BSNL has approved a caller database of 49 sites for amended 4G mobile sum covering Coimbatore, Erode, Madurai, Dharmapuri, Salem, and Vellore for which onshore recognition and acquisition processes are nether way, helium said.
