India, Nov. 9 -- State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has received approval to deploy 26,000 additional 4G mobile towers, expanding its planned network infrastructure beyond the approximately one lakh 4G sites already deployed across the country.

The approval will reportedly allow BSNL to undertake another phase of network expansion as it works to improve 4G coverage and strengthen its position in the Indian telecom market. The locations of the proposed towers and the deployment timeline have not yet been disclosed.

The additional deployment comes as BSNL continues to expand its indigenous 4G network, which uses technology developed by a domestic consortium led by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), with support from the Centre ...