Bharti Airtel has deployed additional sites in Murshidabad, Maldah, and Nadia districts of West Bengal to expand its network footprint under its Rural Enhancement Project (REP). The company has been running this REP nationally and will augment network connectivity across 60,000 villages in the country by 2024.
The network enhancement project was undertaken across 2,373 villages covering 6.419 million rural population in Murshidabad district, while Maldah district network enhancement project spanned across 2,153 villages covering 3.908 million rural population. In addition, Nadia district network enhancement project was undertaken across 1,389 villages covering 4.188 million rural population.
Customers in tehsils of Berhampore, Domkal, Nabagram, Lalgola, Hariharpara, Jalangi, Raninagar – I, and Sagardighi under Murshidabad districts, customers in the tehsils of Gazole, Bamangola, English Bazar, Kaliachak – III, Ratua – I, Harischandrapur – II, Kaliachak – II, and Maldah (Old) under Maldah districts and customers in the tehsils of Kaliganj, Krishnagar – I, Ranaghat – II, Nakashipara, Santipur, Karimpur – II, Haringhata, Karimpur – I and Chakdah under Nadia districts will directly benefit from this network enhancement.
West Bengal is one of the big focus markets for the company and under the REP initiative, the company has already augmented its network coverage across 37,661 villages covering the entire state.
Airtel’s REP extends coverage across West Bengal, 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.
The company has also enhanced its fibre presence in West Bengal by deploying additional capacities to support the growth of 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.
Meanwhile, Airtel has surpassed the 6.9 million 5G customer mark in Karnataka. The telcos has deployed 5G service across all cities and districts in the state.
