India’s leading telecom operator Bharti Airtel has geared up to upgrade and enhance its GSM EDGE mobile service network in Assam and North East region.
Airtel today said that it will invest Rs 500 crore in GSM network up-gradation and another Rs 100 crore in associated activities in current fiscal year in the North East region. The company said that they aims to improve the network in Assam and North East telecom circle by investing in GSM Network rollout and up-gradation work. Airtel had spent a similar amount in last fiscal year in this region.
Airtel now aims to cover more highways of North East region, all the tourist hotspots and religious sites in Assam and North East telecom circle.
The company has invested close to Rs 1,800 crore since 2005 in the region.Airtel’s number of tower will increase by 700 in the current fiscal year. It has 3000 towers in the region at present.
According to Mr Sudipto Chowdhury, Bharti Airtel COO (Northeast and Assam circles) that the company is planning to install around 700 towers this fiscal year in the circles. At present, airtel have 3000 towers in Northeast. The company also working for tieup with corporates like Oil India Ltd (OIL) and tea companies to provide data connectivity to them with its optical fibre data network. Airtel is investing in laying optical fibre in respective telecom circles.
Lenin Hirom April 6, 2010 at 9:11 pm
pliz make the network batter from the previous one in this new yer 2010 in Manipur.
SANJEETKUMAR SINGH December 4, 2009 at 1:50 pm
we will like good comunication service in manipur so please try to give more tower in manipur as soon as posible
zareef August 11, 2009 at 8:39 am
IDEA AND AIRTEL BOTH ARE NOT HAVING EDGE NETWORK IN NORTH KARNATAKA..BUT NEW PLAYERS ARE ROCKING…
rajdeep August 5, 2009 at 11:21 pm
@rahul Airtel has 3300 towers where aircel has around 2300 towers in North East. though aircel has 900 band in assam and airtel is dual band(both 900 & 1800), but in other north-east stats airtel is also 900. airtel is more better in terms of coverage than aircel noow a days after their PAN India GO RURAL project.
Anuj August 4, 2009 at 11:44 pm
Ya its true that airtel is relatively new in M&G circle but its 7 years old in this circle. Also agree that its coverage is very good in M&G circle. But still EDGE is important at atleast small towns. Its because at these places I have seen that many peoples are using phone as a modem to connect to internet due to lack of broadband connectivity. You know that 2.75 EDGE is 2-3 times faster than GPRS. So its must & for established company like airtel, it couldn’t be hard task.
Duane August 4, 2009 at 10:46 pm
@Anuj
ANUJ the original operators in M&G were BPL (now Voda) and AT&T (now IDEA). As such their network works on 900mhz and has a better coverage. Airtel is a new operator there on 1800mhz… also how many users in RURAL AREAS would know (leave alone USE) an EDGE network ? They are better off with simple GPRS. Its the same in WB where the small towns and villages have GPRS and the cities have EDGE.
>>Airtel’s network is very good in M&G circle covering almost all places but most of the towers lack 2.75G EDGE support specially in rural areas where Idea is having fine EDGE connectivity.
Anuj August 4, 2009 at 7:42 pm
Airtel should also improve its EDGE network in Maharashtra & Goa. Airtel’s network is very good in M&G circle covering almost all places but most of the towers lack 2.75G EDGE support specially in rural areas where Idea is having fine EDGE connectivity.
altaf August 4, 2009 at 7:07 pm
airtel is better than bsnl
rahul August 4, 2009 at 4:17 pm
AIRCEL coverage is very good in North East States, better than AIRTEL
even BSNL coverage is also better than AIRTEL