India Joins China, Denmark, Sweden, South Korea, With Launch Of ‘Swadeshi’ 4G Network

Last Updated:September 27, 2025, 14:54 IST

PM Modi launched the ‘Swadeshi’ 4G stack, marking India’s entry into a league of nations which manufacture homegrown telecom equipment.

PM Modi Launches BSNL’s indigenous 4G stack

PM Modi on Saturday inaugurated ‘swadeshi’ 4G stack and more than 97,500 BSNL towers from Odisha’s Jharsuguda. Union Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said with the launch of BSNL’s 4G stack, India has become the fifth country in the world to manufacture telecom equipment.

Scindia said India has entered the coveted league of nations such as Denmark, Sweden, China and South Korea, which manufacture telecom equipment on their own.

Speaking at a programme, Scindia said, “Earlier, India was a service nation, but now we are a producer nation. Earlier, we were seen as a consumer nation, but today, we are an innovation, entrepreneurship and exports centre.” He said that guided by Modi’s vision of ‘innovate for India, innovate for humanity,’ the country has today entered the coveted league of nations such as Denmark, Sweden, China and South Korea, which manufacture telecom equipment on their own.

With this launch, remote villages, border areas, islands, hilly terrains and places with low internet connectivity will have access to 4G network, Scindia added.

The BSNL towers are spread across Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Assam, Gujarat and Bihar.

“With over 92,000 sites connecting 22 million Indians, it reflects India’s journey from dependence to confidence, driving employment, exports, fiscal revival and advancing the vision of Aatmanirbhar Bharat,” the Prime Minister said.

To mark the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited’s silver jubilee, the PM also commissioned more than 97,500 mobile 4G towers, including 92,600 4G technology sites of the telecom service provider.

These towers have been built at a cost of around Rs 37,000 crore with ‘swadeshi’ (indigenous) technology.

As per an official, the India-made network is cloud-based, future-ready and can upgrade seamlessly to 5G. These towers are solar-powered, making them India’s largest cluster of green telecom sites and a step forward in sustainable infrastructure.

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