Bharti Airtel has deployed additional sites in Banaskantha district of Gujarat to densify its network. The telco has undertaken the network enhancement project in Banaskantha across 434 villages covering a population base of 0.88 million.
Customers in tehsils of Deesa, Palanpur, Tharad, Vadgam, Kankrej, Dhanera, Deodar, and Dantiwada under the Banaskantha district will directly benefit from this network expansion. The expansion will enable seamless access to high-speed connectivity in rural parts of Banaskantha.
Airtel aims to augment network connectivity across 60,000 villages in the country by 2024 under its Rural Expansion Project (REP). In Gujarat, the REP covers fifteen districts, including Bharuch, Gandhinagar, Mehsana, Banaskantha, Surat, Ahmedabad, Kheda, Bhavnagar, Botad, Anand, Rajkot, Morbi, Vadodara, Sabarkantha, and Patan, impacting over 5 million population across these districts.
Airtel has densified its network across 5,875 villages by deploying additional sites in the region. With this REP initiative, Airtel will augment its network coverage across 7,000 villages, covering the entire state.
The company has also enhanced its fibre presence in the state by deploying additional capacities to support the growth of demand for high-speed data services in this region.
Airtel’s network in the region now covers all key urban, semi-urban, and rural areas, including highways, tourist destinations, and trade centres.
