Statement

Sir, if you look at the whole India today, we have around 6.40 lakh villages. Out of those villages, 6.31 lakh villages, other 11.02.2026 98 than 10,000 villages, the entire country has been covered with 4G. This includes both private players as well as the BSNL. As far as the BSNL is concerned, we launched one lakh towers with indigenous technology throughout India. Wherever there is no techno-commercial viability for the private players, that is where BSNL priority has been. The remaining 10,000 villages are also being covered in 4G saturation projects. Hopefully, in the next few months, the entire country will be covered with 4G services. Not only that, majority of the country, approximately five lakh villages have already been covered with 5G services. This is the one of the fastest rollout in the world. Thank you very much.

Spoke Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani

Spoke on 2026-02-11T00:00:00.000Z

In debate Papers laid on the Table of the house by Ministers/Members