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BSNL’s 5G      Indian state-run telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) will launch its 5G services within six to eight months after completing the March 2025 pan-India 4G rollout deadline, local news service Moneycontrol reported, citing sources with knowledge of the matter. “March 2025 is our internal deadline for a full-fledged 4G network availability in the country. We aim to have 5G switched on within six to eight months. The existing 4G sites will be upgraded to 5G with minor card replacement and a software upgrade,” a BSNL official said. Another BSNL official said that the 4G core technology currently supporting the carrier’s 4G network will also be used to power the telco’s future 5G network. “It is a cloud-based architecture and will work with any hardware. The servers handling the core will remain common. The telecom minister recently did a 5G call with the same core on a live 4G network using network hardware in Haryana, which connected to systems at C-DoT’s ...