Lok Sabha Question No. 584 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-16
Subject: Mobile Tower Footprint of BSNL
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: M.K. Vishnu Prasad

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 584 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 TH  SEPTEMBER, 2020

## MOBILE TOWER FOOTPRINT OF BSNL

## 584. DR. VISHNU PRASAD M.K.:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has expanded its mobile tower footprint in the country and if so, the details thereof during each of the last three years and the current year State/UT-wise including Tamilnadu;
- (b) whether all the existing mobile towers are not functional and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the action taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to make all the towers functional and provide better services to its customers?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS, EDUCATION AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE)

- (a) Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has informed that it has expanded its mobile tower footprint in the country.  Details are at Annexure.

(b)&(c) BSNL  has  informed  that  all  the  mobile  towers  are  functional.  However,  all  faults arising due to power outage, media and hardware issues are attended by BSNL on priority to provide uninterrupted services to its customers.  BSNL is meeting Quality of Service (QoS) benchmarks of mobile network prescribed by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).

## Annexure to part-(a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.584 for 16.09.2020

## Total mobile towers State/Circle wise and Year wise

|        | Year                | 2017                           | 2018                           | 2019                           | 2020                           | 2021                           |
|--------|---------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| S. No. | Name of Circle      | Mobile Towers as on 31.03.2017 | Mobile Towers as on 31.03.2018 | Mobile Towers as on 31.03.2019 | Mobile Towers as on 31.03.2020 | Mobile Towers as on 31.07.2020 |
| 1      | Andaman & Nicobar   | 152                            | 167                            | 172                            | 173                            | 173                            |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh*     | 5746                           | 3436                           | 3416                           | 3416                           | 3416                           |
| 3      | Assam               | 1352                           | 1367                           | 1410                           | 1410                           | 1410                           |
| 4      | Bihar               | 1905                           | 1908                           | 1909                           | 1909                           | 1909                           |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh        | 1642                           | 1638                           | 1782                           | 1794                           | 1794                           |
| 6      | Gujarat             | 4582                           | 4594                           | 4704                           | 4749                           | 4377                           |
| 7      | Himachal Pradesh    | 957                            | 977                            | 977                            | 980                            | 980                            |
| 8      | Haryana             | 1557                           | 1557                           | 1537                           | 1531                           | 1531                           |
| 9      | Jammu& Kashmir      | 1034                           | 1044                           | 1048                           | 1044                           | 1047                           |
| 10     | Jharkhand           | 1400                           | 1404                           | 1404                           | 1404                           | 1216                           |
| 11     | Kerala              | 4066                           | 4230                           | 4213                           | 4360                           | 4360                           |
| 12     | Karnataka           | 4087                           | 4121                           | 4121                           | 4121                           | 4121                           |
| 13     | Maharashtra         | 5881                           | 5897                           | 6036                           | 6052                           | 6052                           |
| 14     | Madhya Pradesh      | 4601                           | 4634                           | 5193                           | 5285                           | 5285                           |
| 15     | North East-I        | 626                            | 635                            | 635                            | 635                            | 635                            |
| 16     | North East-II       | 676                            | 676                            | 676                            | 676                            | 676                            |
| 17     | Odisha              | 2403                           | 2471                           | 2471                           | 2471                           | 2471                           |
| 18     | Punjab              | 2325                           | 2325                           | 2325                           | 2328                           | 2329                           |
| 19     | Rajasthan           | 3959                           | 4000                           | 4028                           | 4028                           | 4028                           |
| 20     | Tamil Nadu          | 4824                           | 4821                           | 4813                           | 4760                           | 4759                           |
| 21     | Telangana*          | -                              | 2393                           | 2401                           | 2401                           | 2401                           |
| 22     | Uttar Pradesh-East  | 4783                           | 4772                           | 4801                           | 4804                           | 4799                           |
| 23     | Uttar Pradesh -West | 2317                           | 2261                           | 2261                           | 2261                           | 2261                           |
| 24     | Uttarakhand         | 1041                           | 1041                           | 1046                           | 1036                           | 1029                           |
| 25     | West Bengal         | 2258                           | 2258                           | 2258                           | 2258                           | 2258                           |
| 26     | Kolkata TD          | 869                            | 869                            | 869                            | 869                            | 869                            |
| 27     | Chennai TD          | 1517                           | 1522                           | 1523                           | 1295                           | 1295                           |
|        | TOTAL               | 66560                          | 67018                          | 68029                          | 68050                          | 67481                          |

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