Bharti Airtel has deployed additional sites in the Patan district of Gujarat to densify its network.
According to the company, the network expansion project in Patan was undertaken across 135 villages covering a population base of 0.25 million. This follows a recent announcement by Airtel stating that additional sites have been deployed in Sabarkantha district to densify its network.
The company noted that customers in the tehsils of Patan and Sidhpur, under the Patan district, will directly benefit from this network expansion. The company has also invested additional capital expenditure to enhance its network connectivity for seamless experiences on 4G, 5G, broadband, and fibre.
Airtel has been implementing the Rural Enhancement Project (REP) nationally and aims to augment network connectivity across 60,000 villages in the country by 2024. Under this initiative, in Gujarat, Airtel will enhance its network coverage across 7,000 villages, covering the entire state.
The REP covers fifteen districts of Gujarat, including Bharuch, Gandhinagar, Mehsana, Banaskantha, Surat, Ahmedabad, Kheda, Bhavnagar, Botad, Anand, Rajkot, Morbi, Vadodara, Sabarkantha, and Patan, impacting over 5 million people across these districts.
