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BSNL update: In a significant good news for the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) users the state owned telecom service provider has installed a total of 97068 4G sites and 93511 sites are ‘ON-Air in line with the ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ initiative. Also the Minister of State for Communications Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani announced that BSNL will soon roll out an additional 23000 4G sites. Here are all the details you need to know about the recent steps taken by BSNL towards improving its network coverage across the country. BSNLs plan for indigenously developed 4G site As per a report carried by news agency IANS BSNL has placed a purchase order for indigenously developed 4G sites for pan-India deployment and the supply of 4G equipment has started from September 2023 Minister of State for Communications and Rural Development Dr Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar told the Lok Sabha in a reply to a question. 5G upgradable from a technology perspective The equipment is 5G upgradable from a technology perspective. To further enhance the network infrastructure and service quality BSNL is executing the various schemes of the government such as 4G Saturation Scheme Border Out Post (BOP)/Border Intelligence Post (BIP) LWE Phase-I upgradation etc he added. Read more: Bad news for millions of BSNL users as telecom giant plans to shut down 3G service due to... users should urgently... What is BSNL planning for increased internet connectivity? Moreover in order to increase its internet connectivity BSNL is aiming to upgrade all 4G towers to 5G within eight months. Also readers can note that BSNL had earlier issued an Advance Purchase Order (APO) to Tejas Networks for 18685 sites in May this year.