Quantum 5G FWA: BSNL Soft Launches Indigenous SIM-Less Fixed-Wireless Access Service With Fiber Like Speed, Nationwide Rollout Soon

State-run BSNL has soft launched its new high-speed internet service, Quantum 5G FWA, in Hyderabad, the Ministry of Communications announced in an official release.

This service offers internet speeds similar to fibre broadband, but it works wirelessly using 5G technology, and no SIM card needed to use it.

“Quantum 5G FWA demonstrates how Indian engineers can create world-class connectivity. It is the first SIM-less, 100 per cent home-grown customised 5G FWA for BSNL,” BSNL/MTNL Chairman and Managing Director A Robert J Ravi said.

Initial performance tests recorded peak download speeds of 980 Mbps and upload speeds of 140 Mbps with latency below 10 milliseconds.

The self-installation gateway requires no fibre trenching and currently covers approximately 85 per cent of Hyderabad households using BSNL’s existing tower grid.

Following the Hyderabad soft launch, BSNL plans to expand pilot deployments to Bengaluru, Pune, Visakhapatnam, Gwalior, Pondicherry, and Chandigarh by September 2025.

Introductory tariffs are set at Rs 999 per month for 100 Mbps and Rs 1499 for 300 Mbps.

BSNL also plans to extend the same 5G standalone core for enterprise use cases, offering network-sliced, SLA-backed links for MSMEs and smart manufacturing clusters.

The company emphasised that the current launch is a controlled rollout aimed at gathering customer feedback. A nationwide commercial roll-out will follow after field feedback, it added.

The event saw participation from BSNL’s Board of Directors, CGM Telangana, CGM BBNW, representatives from academia, industry partners, and senior officials from the Department of Telecommunications.

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