BSNL plans to launch 4G services by March.

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) plans to unveil cheaper tariff plans by the end of this year and launch full-fledged 4G services by March 2016 to take on private players including Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Jio Infocomm.

'We will launch competitive tariff plans to match Reliance Jio and other private telecom service providers' pricing, be it 4G or 3G, by the end of this year,' BSNL chairman-cum-managing director Anupam Shrivastava told ET.

BSNL will close watch Jio, which has announced launch of 4G services by the end of the year, and it will use airwaves in 2500 MHz band to launch competitively priced 4G services at select locations before the end of current fiscal, Shrivastava said.

ET