BSNL is ready with Rs.7,000Cr plan to Improve their service quality. Postal Department has given permission to BSNL to install new mobile towers in postal buildings to reduce Call Drop and faults.
BSNL is investing around Rs 7,000 crore to install 21,000 new mobile towers to arrest service quality issues. Bsnl to install roof top mobile towers in all postal buildings in the country.
The company, however, said it has the lowest number of call drops when compared with private sector rivals. But in this situation network speed is low when we compared to the other private telecom operators.Bsnl now thinks to provide better telecom high speed internet connectivity in the country is necessary for the all-round development of the nation. BSNL is in talks with Vodafone India and Bharti Airtel to formally ink intra-circle roaming (ICR) deals. Mobile Towers are integral part for providing better connectivity.
BSNL chairman Anupam Shrivastava told That....
"We are in the process of investing Rs 7,000 crore in radio networks, and adding 21,000 new mobile towers across all licensed service areas, which itself is a huge capital expenditure to improve services,"
The current expansion is part of BSNL's "Phase 7", initiative to put additional 21,000 towers, after athat addition of 25,000 sites under the phase 7 programme, concluded recently, to take the total to 50,000.Mobile Towers are integral part for providing better connectivity. BSNL is also working on a parallel strategy of network sharing with private service providers through intra-circle roaming pacts and spectrum sharing.
Ongoing consolidation among India’s telecom services providers has analysts worried over growth prospects of telecom tower companies in the country.Telecom tower companies earn revenues from their tenant mobile service providers, and consolidation shrinking the potential client base has raised concerns. Further, networks are integrated after consolidation, leaving several towers unwanted.
“With the Indian telecom space expected to see consolidation and a reduction in the number of players with the new spectrum trading rules, this may not be very Besides, the worry is somewhat offset by the fact that tower firms will see growth from the increasing deployment of 3G and 4G technologies. However, this is likely to be in the form of in-building boosters and additional equipment on existing towers, and not new towers. Not all analysts agree completely.
There is some element of truth to this, but the fact of the matter is that, because of the stringent radiation norms, in our country, as compared to the rest of the world, there is a shortage of towers in many places. We need more towers. Then, there is also the fact that as more bands and new technologies come, more sites will be needed. There are gaps in networks that need to be filled and this will offset the impact of consolidation to some extent.
India has over 400,000 towers, including all Operators.
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