In a major boost to telecommunication infrastructure, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated BSNL’s ‘Swadeshi’ 4G stack, marking India’s entry into a coveted league of nations that manufacture telecom equipment.

Modi, who launched the facility on the occasion of the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited’s silver jubilee, 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, he said.

While lauding the BSNL and its partners’ dedication, Modi said the launch of the ‘Swadeshi’ 4G stack marked India’s entry into a league of nations such as Denmark, Sweden, South Korea, and China, which manufacture home-grown teleco

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