Jharsuguda, Sept. 27 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated India's first fully indigenous 4G stack along with more than 97,500 Swadeshi BSNL towers from Jharsuguda, Odisha.

The Rs 37,000 crore project, powered by homegrown technology, includes over 92,600 4G sites commissioned by BSNL, and an additional 18,900 sites funded under Digital Bharat Nidhi to connect 26,700 remote, border, and left-wing extremism-affected villages, benefiting more than 20 lakh new subscribers. The towers are solar-powered, forming India's largest cluster of green telecom sites.

Marking 25 years of BSNL, the rollout is expected to achieve 100% 4G saturation across the nation. Several Chief Ministers, Union Ministers, and MPs from Andhra Prades...