Bharti Airtel has deployed additional sites in Gandhinagar and Mehsana districts of Gujarat to densify its network. The telco has undertaken the network expansion project across 425 villages, covering a population base of 0.76 million.
The customers in tehsils of Gandhinagar, Kalol, Dehgam, and Mansa under the Gandhinagar district, and Mehsana, Kadi, Vijapur, Unjha, Becharaji, Kheralu, Vadnagar tehsils under the Mehsana district, will directly benefit from this network expansion, ensuring high-speed connectivity in rural parts of Gandhinagar and Mehsana.
As part of its national Rural Expansion Project (REP), Airtel will augment network connectivity across 60,000 villages in the country by 2024. Additionally, the company aims to expand 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.
Airtel has densified its network across 5,875 villages by deploying additional sites for seamless connectivity, while also adding fresh fibre capacity to support the demand for high-speed data services in the region. Airtel’s network in the region now covers all key urban, semi-urban, and rural areas, including highways, tourist destinations, and trade centres.
