Bharti Airtel has deployed additional sites in Koch Bihar, Alipurduar, Uttar, and Dakshin Dinajpur districts of West Bengal to densify its network.
The telco has undertaken Koch Bihar and Alipurduar network enhancement project across 1,537 villages covering 4.126 million rural population, and Uttar and Dakshin Dinajpur network enhancement across 2,959 villages covering 4.34 million rural population.
According to the company, customers in tehsils of Cooch Behar-I, Cooch Behar-II, Dinhata-I, Dinhata-II, Tufanganj-I, Alipurduar-I, and Tufanganj-II under Koch Bihar and Alipurduar districts while customers in tehsils of Raiganj, Gangarampur, Islampur, and Itahar under Uttar and Dakshin Dinajpur districts will directly benefit from this network enhancement, ensuring a reliable mobile network in rural areas of Koch Bihar, Alipurduar, and Uttar and Dakshin Dinajpur.
In addition, the telco has invested additional capital expenditure to enhance its network connectivity for a seamless experience on 4G, 5G, broadband, and fibre in the region. As part of its Rural Enhancement Project (REP), Airtel aims to augment network connectivity across 60,000 villages in the country by 2024. Under this initiative, the company has already expanded coverage to 37,661 villages, covering the entire state.
The REP project encompasses the entire state, including Alipurduar, Bankura, Barddhaman, Birbhum, Dakshin Dinajpur, Darjiling, Haora, Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Jhargram, Kalimpong, Koch Bihar, Maldah, Murshidabad, Nadia, North Twenty-Four Parganas, Paschim Bardhaman, Paschim Medinipur, Purba Medinipur, Puruliya, South Twenty-Four Parganas, and Uttar Dinajpur.
Airtel’s network in the region now covers all key urban, semi-urban, and rural areas, including highways, tourist destinations, and trade centres.
