{"id":198529,"date":"2022-08-03T18:15:17","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T12:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=198529"},"modified":"2022-08-03T18:15:17","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T12:45:17","slug":"5g-power-for-india-and-bharat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/5g-power-for-india-and-bharat\/","title":{"rendered":"5G power for India and Bharat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>: The post is based on an article \u201c5G power for India and Bharat\u201d<\/strong> published in the Business Standard<\/strong> on 2nd<\/sup> August 2022.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: <\/strong>GS 3 Infrastructure; Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways, etc.<\/p>\n

Relevance: <\/strong>Communication Networks; 5G etc.<\/p>\n

News: <\/strong>Recently, the government carried out the 5G spectrum auction. Also, the Union Cabinet approved a mega revival package<\/strong> for state-owned telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL)<\/p>\n

What are the arguments against the revival of the BSNL?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The PSU has been losing market share to the private sector and piling up losses over the years. Therefore, the 5G auction <\/strong>and BSNL revival package <\/strong>create a confusing picture in the telecom industry at present.<\/p>\n

What are the arguments in favor of the revival of the BSNL?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) data explains that India needs both BSNL and next-generation services, like 5G.<\/p>\n

5G will enable the telecom industry to put India on the global map in multiple spheres, ranging from healthcare to education and consumer business. Whereas, BSNL<\/strong> will serve rural India<\/strong> despite the private sector making definite inroads into the hinterland.<\/p>\n

Some reasons of evidence that support the demand for the revival of the BSNL in India are:<\/p>\n

In wireline or fixed phone service<\/strong><\/h5>\n

(1) At the all-India level, BSNL is the leading operator in wireline with 7.59 million subscribers, followed by Bharti Airtel.<\/p>\n

(2) At the rural-India level, BSNL’s share in the total rural market share <\/strong>in wireline is 23.72%, followed by Reliance Jio\u2019s rural market share in wireline at 1.24%.<\/p>\n

In wireless or mobile services<\/strong><\/p>\n

(1) In India\u2019s wireless market, BSNL still possesses 7.06% of India\u2019s rural wireless market share.<\/p>\n

Tele-density<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is the number of telephone connections for every 100 individuals<\/strong> living within the area. According to TRAI\u2019s quarterly data,<\/strong> as of March 31, 2022, India\u2019s rural teledensity is at 58.07% There are some 15 circles, where rural teledensity is more than 50%. For example, Kerala leads with a rural teledensity of 211.4%, followed by Himachal Pradesh at 104.48%, Andhra Pradesh at 78.56%, and so on.<\/p>\n

What should be done?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

These figures suggest that rural India holds the power in telecom. Therefore, it needs both BSNL and 5G. 5G is a tool whose time has come to empower citizens with ultra-high-speed data in both India and Bharat.<\/p>\n

The 5G Technology may provide better communication facilities, downloading speed of light, etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on an article \u201c5G power for India and Bharat\u201d published in the Business Standard on 2nd August 2022. Syllabus: GS 3 Infrastructure; Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways, etc. Relevance: Communication Networks; 5G etc. News: Recently, the government carried out the 5G spectrum auction. Also, the Union Cabinet approved a mega… Continue reading 5G power for India and Bharat<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10343,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[10503,216],"class_list":["post-198529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-business-standard","tag-gs-paper-3","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1702847054},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10343"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198529\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}