Updated On: 06 October, 2025 03:34 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia announced that BSNL’s indigenously developed 4G network will be upgraded to 5G within six to eight months. Speaking at the Kautilya Economic Enclave 2025, he highlighted India’s telecom innovation and BSNL’s revival, marking a major step in digital self-reliance

Union Minister for Communications Jyotiraditya M. Scindia addresses the gathering at `Kautilya Economic Conclave 2025`. Pic/PTI
Union Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, during an event in Delhi, said that, “In the next six to eight months, the indigenously developed Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) 4G network will be upgraded to 5G.”
Addressing the `Kautilya Economic Enclave 2025` in the national capital, the minister said India has entered into the club of 4G technology with its own 4G standard.