Airtel invests INR 60,000 crore in telecom network to improve quality and customer experience

Bharti Airtel has announced an investment of Rs. 60,000 crore over the next three years in the telecom network of the country. The project named ‘Project Leap’ aims to improve the network quality across the country as well as the customer experience.

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Bharti Airtel has already invested INR 1,60,000 crore in telecom network, including spectrum, fibre, submarine cables and systems. “Today we are excited to launch “Project Leap” which will catapult the Airtel network to be a world class network in the coming three years. We are confident that this new initiative will deliver a truly differentiated customer experience and reinforce our commitment to built a future-ready network,” said Gopal Vittal, MD & CEO, Bharti Airtel (India & South Asia).

The investment is the largest deployment of network infrastructure in the history of India by a private company. With this project, Bharti Airtel will deploy over 70,000 base stations in FY15-16. By March 2016, over 60% of Airtel’s network will be mobile broadband enabled. Also, Airtel will deploy over 1,60, 000 base stations, effectively doubling its presence from what it has on the ground currently.

In three years, Airtel promises broadband to over 500,000 villages in the country. By deploying a range of solutions including small cells, carrier aggregation solutions, Wi-Fi and the use of multiple technologies across different spectrum bands, the company intends to develop world-class indoor broadband experience to the people.

Airtel will also modernize its over 3 million strong home broadband network by upgrading its Copper assets through a new age Vectoring Technology. This technology will enable Airtel to offer 50 Mbps speeds from its current 16 Mbps. In addition, Airtel plans to deploy Fiber to the home and offer up to 100 Mbps speeds.