Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Stephen Rose
CEO Render Networks


Indian telecommunications service provider Bharti Airtel has expanded its network footprint in Murshidabad, Maldah, and Nadia Districts of West Bengal under its Rural Enhancement Project (REP). Airtel announced on Monday that it has deployed additional sites in these districts to densify its network. As TelecomTalk reported earlier, Airtel has been running this REP nationally and will augment network connectivity across 60,000 villages in the country by 2024.
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Expansion in Murshidabad
The Murshidabad district network enhancement project was undertaken across 2,373 villages covering 64.19 lakh rural population by deploying additional sites. Airtel said customers in the tehsils of Berhampore, Domkal, Nabagram, Lalgola, Hariharpara, Jalangi, Raninagar – I, and Sagardighi under Murshidabad districts will directly benefit from this network enhancement.
Network Enhancement in Maldah
The Maldah district network enhancement project was undertaken across 2,153 villages covering 39.08 lakh rural population, Airtel announced on Monday. With this, Airtel customers in the tehsils of Gazole, Bamangola, English Bazar, Kaliachak – III, Ratua – I, Harischandrapur – II, Kaliachak – II, and Maldah (Old) under Maldah districts will directly benefit from the enhanced network.
Connectivity Boost in Nadia
The Nadia district network enhancement project was undertaken across 1,389 villages covering 41.88 lakh rural population. Airtel customers in the tehsils of Kaliganj, Krishnagar – I, Ranaghat – II, Nakashipara, Santipur, Karimpur – II, Haringhata, Karimpur – I and Chakdah under Nadia districts will directly benefit from this network enhancement.