Lok Sabha Question No. 2095 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-15
Subject: Tele-connectivity in Delhi
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: GEETHA KOTHAPALLI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2095 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15 TH  MARCH, 2017

## TELE-CONNECTIVITY IN DELHI

## 2095. SHRIMATI KOTHAPALLI GEETHA:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

(a) the total number of mobile subscribers in the country as on date, State-wise including Delhi;

(b) the comparative rise in mobile connections in Delhi during the last three years;

(c) whether  landline  phone  connections  have  also  increased  in  the  city  and  if  so,  the details thereof during the last three years; and

(d) whether Government proposes to increase the mobile tower connectivity in Lutyen's Zone and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS & MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

(a) The  service  area  wise  total    number  of  mobile  subscribers  in  the  country  including Delhi as on 31.12.2016  is  given in the Annexure .

(b)&(c) The  mobile  and  land  line  connections  in  Delhi  during  the  last  years  are  as under:

| Number of Connections (in million)   | 31-3-2014   |   31-3-2015 |   31-3-2016 |
|--------------------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| Mobile 42.58                         |             |       46.19 |       47.24 |
| Land line 3.10                       |             |        3.14 |        3.17 |

(d) For  improvement  of  mobile  services  in  Lutyen's  Zone-  Delhi,  the  Department  of Telecommunications has interacted with the Ministry of Urban Development, and New Delhi Municipal  Council  (NDMC)  to  facilitate the use  of government  buildings/  estate  for installation  of  telecom  infrastructure  like  tower,  pole,  Base  Transceiver  Station  etc.  The permitted space is shared by all willing telecom service providers and caters to 2G, 3G, and 4G services.

The Ministry of Urban Development has allocated 15 locations out of which installations have been completed at 6 locations and the civil works are in progress/likely to start soon at rest of the locations. Similarly, NDMC has permitted installation works at 18 locations out of 28 locations approved by Delhi Urban Arts Commission. The civil works is in progress at 2 locations  and  will  start  at  other  locations  progressively.  In  the  meanwhile,  NDMC  has permitted the use of Mobile-BTS platform as an interim solution at 12 locations.

This initiative has led to an improvement in mobile services to users in Lutyen's Area, Delhi and will further improve progressively.

Service area wisetotalnumber of mobile subscribersas on 31.12.2016

| Sr.No.   | Service Area         |   mobile subscribers (in million) |
|----------|----------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh       |                             81.66 |
| 2        | Assam                |                             20.94 |
| 3        | Bihar                |                             82.31 |
| 4        | Gujarat              |                             68.38 |
| 5        | Haryana              |                             23.94 |
| 6        | Himachal Pradesh     |                              9.91 |
| 7        | Jammu & Kashmir      |                             11.27 |
| 8        | Karnataka            |                             67.13 |
| 9        | Kerala               |                             37.91 |
| 10       | Madhya Pradesh       |                             66.51 |
| 11       | Maharashtra          |                             90.77 |
| 12       | North East           |                             12.38 |
| 13       | Odisha               |                             32.79 |
| 14       | Punjab               |                             36.38 |
| 15       | Rajasthan            |                             64.91 |
| 16       | Tamil Nadu           |                             86.54 |
| 17       | Uttar Pradesh (East) |                            101.61 |
| 18       | Uttar Pradesh (West) |                             63.21 |
| 19       | West Bengal          |                             55.59 |
| 20       | Kolkata              |                             28.14 |
| 21       | Delhi                |                             50.88 |
| 22       | Mumbai               |                             34.63 |
|          | Total                |                           1127.81 |

Source: DoT compiled data

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