KOLKATA: State-owned BSNL<\/a> is betting on national rollout of 4G VoLTE<\/a> services, even as it begins preparatory work on 5G to stay future-ready, a top official has said.<\/p>\n \n\t\"We are looking forward to pan India 4G VoLTE roll out and seeking spectrum from government,\" BSNL chairman and managing director Anupam Shrivastava told .<\/p>\n Late last year, the telco had written to the Department of Telecom (DoT<\/a>) to allocate airwaves in the 700 MHz band for rolling out 4G services.<\/p>\n \n\tThe company expects to get the government s approval soon for using airwaves in 700 MHz band for offering 4G and 5G services in the future.<\/p>\n \n\tBSNL would be required to match the highest bidder's price to acquire the spectrum though historically it is not required to participate in auction.<\/p>\n However, given the high debt burden of the telecom sector<\/a>, the proposed auction of spectrum in various bands may get delayed by a year.<\/p>\n The telco is likely to report a revenue of Rs 28,700 crore in 2016-17, against Rs 28,400 crore the year before despite stiff price war from Reliance Jio<\/a>.<\/p>\n Shrivastava said BSNL's balance sheet<\/a> is least leveraged with just Rs 5,000 crore debt and the company is also aiming for profitability at net level in 2018-19.<\/p>\n \n\tHe admitted that BSNL has been left behind but in the last few years, it is on a revival path as it ramps up its infrastructure backbone.<\/p>\n The company has finalised Rs 6,000 crore for setting up 40,000 new base stations which will be implemented by Nokia and ZTE<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tNokia will execute the work in the south and west regions while ZTE will do it in the north and east.<\/p>\n Telecom minister Manoj Sinha<\/a> had recently said the country was switching from voice-centric to data-centric and expected that data usage in India to soon surpass China<\/a> and USA.<\/p>\n \n\tVoLTE service allows even voice communication over data pipeline.<\/p>\n \n\tBSNL had introduced several competitive scheme for data but was unable to offer free unlimited voice but with VoLTE it will make such efforts possible, officials said.<\/p>\n Other private telecom majors like Bharti Airtel<\/a>, Idea Cellular and Vodafone are also working in the VoLTE space.<\/p>\nShrivastava said interaction with Nokia had already taken place on 5G for field trials and a knowledge sharing agreement has been signed with network firm Coriant.\n\n<\/body>","next_sibling":[{"msid":60452417,"title":"Micromax's Bharat-2 smartphone sale hits 2 million by Aug-end","entity_type":"ARTICLE","link":"\/news\/micromaxs-bharat-2-smartphone-sale-hits-2-mn-by-aug-end\/60452417","category_name":null,"category_name_seo":"telecomnews"}],"related_content":[],"msid":60452452,"entity_type":"ARTICLE","title":"BSNL bets on 4G VoLTE, 5G trials to remain 'future-ready'","synopsis":"BSNL would be required to match the highest bidder's price to acquire the spectrum though historically it is not required to participate in auction.","titleseo":"telecomnews\/bsnl-bets-on-4g-volte-5g-trials-to-remain-future-ready","status":"ACTIVE","authors":[],"analytics":{"comments":0,"views":102,"shares":0,"engagementtimems":332000},"Alttitle":{"minfo":""},"artag":"PTI","artdate":"2017-09-10 22:11:01","lastupd":"2017-09-10 22:11:27","breadcrumbTags":["4G VoLTE","bsnl","BSNL 4G","manoj sinha","Industry","China","Airtel","dot","Balance Sheet","ZTE","telecom sector","reliance jio"],"secinfo":{"seolocation":"telecomnews\/bsnl-bets-on-4g-volte-5g-trials-to-remain-future-ready"}}" data-authors="[" "]" data-category-name="" data-category_id="" data-date="2017-09-10" data-index="article_1">
加尔各答:国有BSNL是赌国家推出4 g回服务,即使它开始筹备工作保持future-ready 5克,一位高级官员说。 “我们期待着锅印度4 g回滚出去,寻求政府、光谱”BSNL董事长和董事总经理Anupam Shrivastava告知。 去年年底,电信曾写信给电信部门(点)在700 MHz频带分配广播推出4 g服务。 公司预计很快将获得政府批准使用电波在700 MHz频段提供4 g和5 g服务在未来。 BSNL必须匹配出价最高的价格收购频谱虽然历史不需要参与拍卖。 然而,考虑到高的债务负担电信部门光谱各波段的提议拍卖可能会推迟了一年。 电信可能报告收入28700卢比在2016 - 17,而前一年28400卢比尽管激烈的价格战依赖Jio。 Shrivastava BSNL说的资产负债表最小杠杆债务只有5000卢比和该公司还计划在净盈利水平在2018 - 19所示。 他承认BSNL一直留下但在过去的几年里,它是在复兴的道路,加大基础设施骨干。 公司已完成6000卢比在40000年建立新基站将由诺基亚和实现中兴通讯。 诺基亚将执行在南部和西部地区工作,中兴通讯将在北部和东部。 电信部长Manoj Sinha最近表示,国家从voice-centric转向以数据为中心的和预期的数据使用在印度很快超过中国和美国。 回服务允许甚至语音通信的数据管道。 BSNL介绍几个有竞争力的方案数据,但无法提供免费无限的声音但是回会让这些努力可能,官员说。 其他私人电信专业像Bharti附近的旅馆、细胞和沃达丰也在回工作空间。
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KOLKATA: State-owned BSNL<\/a> is betting on national rollout of 4G VoLTE<\/a> services, even as it begins preparatory work on 5G to stay future-ready, a top official has said.<\/p>\n \n\t\"We are looking forward to pan India 4G VoLTE roll out and seeking spectrum from government,\" BSNL chairman and managing director Anupam Shrivastava told .<\/p>\n Late last year, the telco had written to the Department of Telecom (DoT<\/a>) to allocate airwaves in the 700 MHz band for rolling out 4G services.<\/p>\n \n\tThe company expects to get the government s approval soon for using airwaves in 700 MHz band for offering 4G and 5G services in the future.<\/p>\n \n\tBSNL would be required to match the highest bidder's price to acquire the spectrum though historically it is not required to participate in auction.<\/p>\n However, given the high debt burden of the telecom sector<\/a>, the proposed auction of spectrum in various bands may get delayed by a year.<\/p>\n The telco is likely to report a revenue of Rs 28,700 crore in 2016-17, against Rs 28,400 crore the year before despite stiff price war from Reliance Jio<\/a>.<\/p>\n Shrivastava said BSNL's balance sheet<\/a> is least leveraged with just Rs 5,000 crore debt and the company is also aiming for profitability at net level in 2018-19.<\/p>\n \n\tHe admitted that BSNL has been left behind but in the last few years, it is on a revival path as it ramps up its infrastructure backbone.<\/p>\n The company has finalised Rs 6,000 crore for setting up 40,000 new base stations which will be implemented by Nokia and ZTE<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tNokia will execute the work in the south and west regions while ZTE will do it in the north and east.<\/p>\n Telecom minister Manoj Sinha<\/a> had recently said the country was switching from voice-centric to data-centric and expected that data usage in India to soon surpass China<\/a> and USA.<\/p>\n \n\tVoLTE service allows even voice communication over data pipeline.<\/p>\n \n\tBSNL had introduced several competitive scheme for data but was unable to offer free unlimited voice but with VoLTE it will make such efforts possible, officials said.<\/p>\n
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