According to a written reply by Dr Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani, Minister of State for Communications and Minister of State for Rural Development, to Rajya Sabha, government is implementing various schemes under Digital Bharat Nidhi for expansion of telecom connectivity through installation of 4G mobile towers in the rural and remote areas of the country under 4G saturation project. The 4G saturation project is for provisioning of 4G mobile connectivity in 24,680 uncovered villages in the country so that every village in country is covered with 4G services.
He mentioned that in line with ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ initiative, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has already installed 78,162 eNode B for quick rollout of 4G mobile broadband across the country. In addition, a total of 0.15 billion fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) connections are planned under Amended BharatNet program where BSNL is the project management agency.
