Airtel reveals network investment plans for Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand

Dehradun, September 25: Airtel announced its plans to deploy more than 17,313 new mobile sites and add 6,650 KMs of fresh optic fiber in Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Uttarakhand states.

 

The expansion plan for FY 2018-19 follows a successful deployment of more than 11,453new sites in FY 2017-18 across the UP and Uttarakhand, extending its mobile broadband footprint to 983 towns.

The telco has over 49.6 million customers across UP and Uttarakhand, and its service covers 983 towns and 1,24,515 villages across the two states.

The deployment will create significant high speed data and voice capacity within the network to serve the explosive surge in mobile usage, driven by affordable smartphones and tariffs.

With a deployed base of 43,219sites at the end of FY 17-18, this planned rollout would grow Airtel’s network in UP and Uttarakhand by 40% to 60,532 further enhancing the speeds and voice qualities. The addition of fresh optic fiber would extend Airtel’s fiber backbone in the two states to 26,800 KMs in the region, supporting the growth of high speed data services in the region.

The massive roll-out would mean addition of more than 2 (two) new site every hour to Airtel’s future-ready network in UP and Uttarakhand. From the total of 17,313 new sites, about 10,138 will be rolled out in UP (East) while 7,175 sites will be deployed in UP (West)& Uttarakhand.

Shailendra Singh, Chief Executive Officer – UP & Uttarakhand, Bharti Airtel Ltd, said, “We will continue to invest aggressively in the region and take our network capabilities to the next level, ably backed by a scaled up and strengthened infrastructure. As the leading mobile service provider in the country, we are glad that we are able to contribute significantly towards the Government’s vision of Digital India with our enhanced speeds, reach and coverage.”