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Time of India
an hour ago
- Business
- Time of India
Telecom push: BSNL enters 5G fixed wireless market with Hyderabad launch; plans expansion to six cities by September
State-owned telecom firm BSNL has entered the 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) space, launching its home broadband service in Hyderabad, the company said on Friday. The move pits BSNL against private sector giants Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, which are already offering similar services using their 5G spectrum. 'Quantum 5G FWA demonstrates how Indian engineers can create world-class connectivity. It is the first SIM-less, 100 per cent home-grown customised 5G FWA for BSNL,' said BSNL Chairman and Managing Director A Robert J Ravi. 'Today is only a soft launch — many more cities and feature upgrades will follow.' The company said it formally launched the service on June 18 and plans to expand the pilot project to Bengaluru, Pondicherry, Visakhapatnam, Pune, Gwalior, and Chandigarh by September 2025, reported PTI. BSNL is initially offering the service at Rs 999 for a 100 Mbps plan and Rs 1,499 for a 300 Mbps plan. The FWA technology allows telecom providers to deliver wireless broadband by installing an outdoor modem at the subscriber's premises, connecting to the nearest 5G base station. The solution bypasses the need for an optical fibre connection. Stay informed with the latest business news, updates on bank holidays and public holidays . AI Masterclass for Students. Upskill Young Ones Today!– Join Now
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Business Standard
2 hours ago
- Business
- Business Standard
BSNL launches country's first indigenous 5g fixed wireless service
State-owned telecom firm BSNL has forayed into 5G fixed wireless service to provide home broadband service with its launch in Hyderabad, the company said on Friday. At present, Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel have been providing 5G Fixed Wireless Service (FWA) by using their 5G spectrum. "Quantum 5G FWA demonstrates how Indian engineers can create world-class connectivity. It is the first SIM-less, 100 per cent home grown customised 5G FWA for BSNL. Today is only a soft launch - many more cities and feature upgrades will follow," BSNL Chairman and Managing Director A Robert J Ravi said. The service was launched on June 18. According to the details shared by BSNL, the company will expand the pilot project in Bengaluru, Pondicherry, Vishakhapatnam, Pune, Gwalior and Chandigarh by September 2025. The company is initially charging Rs 999 for a 100 megabit per second (mbps) plan and Rs 1,499 for a 300 mbps plan. Through 5G FWA, telecom operators install a modem outside the subscriber's premise and transmit signals from their nearest base station for wireless broadband service. The technology does not require optical fibre for connection. (Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
Time of India
2 hours ago
- Business
- Time of India
BSNL forays into 5G fixed wireless service
New Delhi: State-owned telecom firm BSNL has forayed into 5G fixed wireless service to provide home broadband service with its launch in Hyderabad, the company said on Friday. At present, Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel have been providing 5G Fixed Wireless Service (FWA) by using their 5G spectrum. " Quantum 5G FWA demonstrates how Indian engineers can create world-class connectivity. It is the first SIM-less, 100 per cent home grown customised 5G FWA for BSNL. Today is only a soft launch - many more cities and feature upgrades will follow," BSNL Chairman and Managing Director A Robert J Ravi said. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like How Much Should You Pay A Cleaner To Clean Your Apartment in Vietnam? Cleaning | Search Ads Search Now Undo The service was launched on June 18. According to the details shared by BSNL, the company will expand the pilot project in Bengaluru, Pondicherry, Vishakhapatnam, Pune, Gwalior and Chandigarh by September 2025. Live Events The company is initially charging Rs 999 for a 100 megabit per second (mbps) plan and Rs 1,499 for a 300 mbps plan. Through 5G FWA, telecom operators install a modem outside the subscriber's premise and transmit signals from their nearest base station for wireless broadband service. The technology does not require optical fibre for connection.
Time of India
5 hours ago
- Business
- Time of India
BSNL soft-launches 5G FWA service in Hyderabad, plans pilots in more cities
NEW DELHI: State-controlled telecom carrier Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited ( BSNL ) has soft-launched its SIM-less 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) solution, 'Quantum 5G FWA', in select cities of Hyderabad. This will be followed by expansion on pilot-basis in other key cities including Bengaluru, Pondicherry, Visakhapatnam, Pune, Gwalior and Chandigarh by September 2025. A soft-launch is intended to gather customer experience feedback for fine-tuning various parameters ahead of a wide-scale nationwide roll-out. Introductory plans for BSNL Quantum 5G FWA are priced at ₹999 for 100Mbps and ₹1,499 for 300 Mbps. This compares to Bharti Airtel 's 5G FWA plans priced ₹699, ₹799, and ₹899, and Jio's 5G FWA plans priced from ₹1,499. Notably, BSNL has yet to commercially launch its fifth-generation or 5G mobile services nationwide. The telecom PSU currently provides 4G services via a footprint of 1 lakh mobile towers. 'Quantum 5G FWA demonstrates how Indian engineers can create world-class connectivity. It is the first SIM-less, 100% home-grown customised 5G FWA for BSNL,' Robert J Ravi, CMD, BSNL said in a recent statement. 'Hyderabad's tech-savvy ecosystem makes it the perfect launch pad for our next-generation access portfolio. This is only a soft launch; many more cities and feature upgrades will follow,' Ravi said. Its private sector rivals, Jio and Airtel, have been offering their respective 5G FWA services since late 2023. There were 7.5 million FWA subscribers as of April 2025, including Jio's 6.14 million and Airtel's 1.36 million. FWA additions (730,000) have already surpassed fixed broadband (370,000) and constitute 60-80% of the overall monthly broadband additions, analysis by Axis Capital showed earlier. According to the telco's statement, the service utilises BSNL's direct-to-device platform to automatically authenticate the subscriber's consumer premises equipment (CPE) without requiring a physical SIM card. This makes BSNL the first Indian telco to showcase a production-grade SIM-less 5G service, the statement added. It is built on a fully indigenous stack including the Core and the radio access network (RAN). The standalone (SA) 5G Core will also support network-sliced, service level agreement (SLA)-backed links for MSMEs and smart-manufacturing clusters. BSNL said the Quantum 5G FWA service recorded a peak download speed of 980Mbps and an upload speed of 140Mbps with sub-10ms latency in Ameerpet. Its self-install gateway reaches 85% of Hyderabad households under the existing BSNL tower grid, which eliminates the need for trenching or fibre pull.
Indian Express
7 hours ago
- Business
- Indian Express
BSNL's SIM-free Q-5G arrives in Hyderabad: What is it and who can use it?
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), on Wednesday, June 18, announced that its 5G service will be called Q-5G, short for Quantum 5G. In a post on X, BSNL said that the name 'reflects the power, speed, and future of BSNL's 5G network.' The state-owned telecom operator has also launched Q-5G Fixed Wireless Access (Q-5G FWA), an internet leased line for enterprises. BSNL says that Quantum 5G FWA will bring 'only high-speed data without voice' and offers a SIM-free, wireless solution for enterprises. BSNL launches Quantum 5G FWA – India's first SIM-less 5G internet. Experience lightning-fast, wire-free connectivity. Now rolling out in select cities.#BSNL #BSNLQ5G #Quantum5G #DigitalIndia@JM_Scindia @PemmasaniOnX @neerajmittalias @DoT_India @CMDBSNL @robertravi21 — BSNL India (@BSNLCorporate) June 19, 2025 BSNL's new Q-5G FWA service is aimed at tier-2 and tier-3 cities, where optical fibre cables are quite rare. Based on technology developed in India, the network operator's newest service will help deliver high-speed internet to businesses, offices and residential areas where the network is patchy or absent. However, unlike normal 5G services offered by Airtel, Jio and Vodafone Idea, BSNL's Q-5G FWA does not include voice, which means users won't be able to make calls. In case you are wondering, this is similar to Airtel Xstream Fiber and Jio AirFiber, which offer fast internet connectivity without SIM or wires. Similar to these aforementioned services, BSNL will install a Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) on the customer's rooftop, which will bring 5G connectivity and deliver internet to the user's home using a router. BSNL's new Q-5G FWA service offers a minimum speed of 100 Mbps and costs Rs 999 per month. The company is also offering a Rs 1,499 plan with speeds of up to 300 Mbps. Currently, BSNL Q-5G FWA is limited to Hyderabad, but the telecom operator has already said that it plans to extend the service to cities like Bengaluru, Pondicherry, Vishakhapatna, Pune, Gwalior, and Chandigarh by September this year. In the last few months, the network operator has been actively testing its 5G networks in several Indian cities, but it is still unclear when it will be rolled out to the general public.
