State owned telecom firm BSNL today signed a pact with Finnish telecom gear maker Nokia to roll out 4G services in 10 telecom circles covering western and southern regions in India. "New VoLTE services will allow BSNL s 4G subscribers to experience HD-quality voice and faster call connections," it added. As per Nokia MBiT Index 2018, released last week , 4G contributed to 82 per cent of data traffic in 2017 and the monthly 4G data usage per user was nearly 11 GB per user per month in India. In 2017, Nokia and BSNL signed an agreement to explore and develop the applications of 5G for the India market. The deployment of our technologies will enable BSNL to launch exciting new voice and data services, satisfying growing demand in India," Sanjay Malik, head of India Market at Nokia, said.

Source: dna February 26, 2018 08:01 UTC