India, Sept. 30 -- On Saturday (September 27), after 15 years of delay, Prime Minister and Chief Ministers launched a nationwide implementation of 4G net work of BSNL. What caused such a huge delay in implementation of 4G in state-owned BSNL, while three years ago private networks launched 5G? It is an untold story. It is a story of how a mammoth PSU was kept out from implementation of 4G network for the benefit of private operators.

Let us begin the untold story of 4G. First of all there is no 4G in India. BWA (Broadband Wireless Access) mechanism was conveniently named 4G, a typical Indian jugad. In mid-2010, after the 2G scam, the government was forced to auction 3G spectrum and BWA spectrum. After the auction was over, Mukesh Ambani'...