Bharti Airtel Plans Aggressive 4G Expansion in West Bengal by Rolling Out 10,000 New Mobile Sites

Bharti Airtel today made an announcement regarding its network upgradation in West Bengal circle. Airtel stated that it would make significant investments to expand its high-speed network footprint across West Bengal as part of its network transformation program – Project Leap. During FY18-19, Airtel plans to roll out 10,000 new mobile sites across West Bengal to boost its network capacity for high-speed data and voice services. This rollout would translate to the addition of one new mobile site per hour. In addition, Airtel will also start deploying Pre-5G Massive MIMO technology in Kolkata to offer a high-speed data experience to customers.

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Sameer Anjaria, Chief Executive Officer – West Bengal & Odisha, Airtel

Sameer Anjaria, Chief Executive Officer – West Bengal & Odisha, Bharti Airtel, said: “As part of our endeavour to build a future-ready network to deliver a best-in-class experience to our customers, we are stepping up our network investments across West Bengal. Airtel has pioneered the rollout of Massive MIMO in India, and we will now undertake wide-scale deployments of the cutting-edge technology in key business and residential hubs across Kolkata. This will truly add to the smartphone experience for Airtel customers.”

Airtel had recently deployed Massive MIMO technology at Eden Gardens during the IPL 2018 and stated it received extremely positive customer feedback. For the unknown, Massive MIMO technology, which will be deployed at major business hubs and residential locations in the city, will expand network capacity by 5-7 times over the same spectrum, and delivers faster data speeds despite a large number of concurrent users at the same location.