Live
- First Impressions and Unboxing of the MacBook Pro M4: A Powerhouse for Professionals and Creators
- China Gears Up for Potential Trade War Amid Trump’s Tariff Threats
- Small Farmers Gain Less by Selling to Supermarkets: Study Reveals
- Why Despite the Controversy, America Is Anticipating the Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul Fight
- Sanju Samson and Tilak Varma Shine: Record-Breaking Feats in 4th T20I Against South Africa
- India Urges $1.3 Trillion Annual Climate Support for Developing Nations
- Bad air: 106 shuttle buses, 60 extra Metro trips planned to make Delhiites give up cars
- WHO reports declining monkeypox cases in Congo
- CM Attends Kotideepotsavam on Kartika Purnima
- PKL Season 11: Raiding trio of Devank, Ayan, Sandeep help Patna Pirates rout Bengal Warriorz
Airtel to connect 2,100 uncovered villages in northeast
Telecom major Airtel on Sunday said it will provide mobile connectivity in 2,100 uncovered villages and national highways in the northeastern states over the coming 18 months.
New Delhi:Telecom major Airtel on Sunday said it will provide mobile connectivity in 2,100 uncovered villages and national highways in the northeastern states over the coming 18 months.
This work is to be undertaken under an agreement with the Department of Telecom (DoT), a company release said here.
"Bharti Airtel has signed an agreement with DoT and the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) for provision of mobile services in identified uncovered villages and national highways in the northeastern states of Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh," the Airtel statement said.
As the largest operator in the northeastern states, Airtel will set up over 2,000 mobile towers and sites in unconnected pockets of the region to deliver telecom connectivity in over 2,100 villages over the next 18 months, it said.
For executing the project, Airtel would receive about Rs 1,610 crore from the DoT's Universal Service Obligation Fund to provide telecom services in rural and remote areas, the statement added.
The telecom giant said the infrastructure set up by it will also enable other service providers to offer services in a region characterised by tough terrain, as well as lower population density and connectivity.
