Last Updated on September 27, 2025 11:02 pm by BIZNAMA NEWS
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched over 97,500 new 4G mobile towers established by BSNL, including 92,600 with the latest 4G technology from Jharsuguda in Odisha.
Mr Modi remarked that India had lagged in the development of 2G, 3G, and 4G technologies and relied on foreign technology in this domain. This achievement positions India among the few nations capable of building and supporting their own telecom networks. The PM said, India will become the global hub of telecom technology in the future.
The towers installed by BSNL at a cost of approximately 37,000 crore rupees are expected to bring high-speed internet to 30,000 additional villages.
While announcing the rollout during his day-long visit to Odisha, Prime Minister Modi said that India had missed the bus on 2G, 3G, and 4G technologies. He further said that BSNL’s indigenously developed 4G network now places India among the few nations capable of building and supporting its own telecom networks.
In his address to the public, Mr. Modi emphasized the government’s reform since 2014. He said that following the introduction of GST in 2017, the tax burden has significantly reduced for the citizens.
Prime Minister Modi also flagged off Amrit Bharat Express between Odisha’s Berhampur and Udhna at Surat in Gujarat, and announced major upgrade for two medical colleges, that is MKCG Medical College in Berhampur and VIMSAR in Burla-Sambalpur, transforming them into world-class super-speciality hospitals.
Highlighting Odisha’s potential, Mr. Modi said recent approval for two semiconductor units and plans for a semiconductor park marked a significant leap in the state’s industrial growth. This decade will be prosperous for Odisha, he added, crediting the state’s progress to the double-engine government of centre and state.
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Manjhi, present at the event, hailed Prime Minister Modi as the world’s most popular leader and a source of inspiration for the state’s 4.5 crore residents.
