Lok Sabha Question No. 348 (STARRED), answered on 2019-07-17
Subject: BSNL Mobile Towers
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Bharatiben Dhirubhai Shyal, Arvind Kumar Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 348 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17 TH   JULY, 2019

## BSNL MOBILE TOWERS

## †*348. DR. BHARATIBEN DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL: SHRI ARVIND KUMAR SHARMA:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  Bharat  Sanchar  Nigam  Limited  (BSNL)  mobile  towers  installed  across  the country along with the details of the services/facilities these are equipped with, State-wise including Haryana and the district-wise details of Gujarat State;
- (b) whether most of the BSNL mobile towers in Gujarat and Haryana are equipped to provide 2G services whereas mobile towers of other private telecom companies are providing 4G services and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to upgrade the BSNL mobile towers installed across the country including Gujarat, particularly in Bhavnagar and Botad districts;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government in this regard along with the time by which the said upgradation is likely to be done and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) the number of mobile towers upgraded in Gujarat during each of the last three years and the current year?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS, LAW & JUSTICE AND ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

- (a) to (e) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

Contd………2/-

## STATEMENT TO BE LAID ON THE TABLE OF LOK SABHA IN RESPECT OF PARTS (a) to (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *348 FOR 17 TH  JULY, 2019  ON 'BSNL MOBILE TOWERS'.

(a) Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is providing 2G, 3G and 4G (at few locations) mobile services in its Licensed Service Areas (LSAs).  State-wise detail of 2G, 3G and 4G Base Transceiver Stations  (BTSs)  installed  by  BSNL  across  the  country  including  Gujarat  and  Haryana  is  at Annexure-I.

District-wise details of BTSs  installed by BSNL in Gujarat State is at Annexure-II.

(b) As on 31.05.2019, 4852 number of 2G BTSs, 3163 number of 3G BTSs and 844 number of 4G BTSs of BSNL are working in Gujarat State.  As on 31.05.2019, 2237 number of 2G BTSs, 2236 number of 3G BTSs and 170 number of 4G BTSs of BSNL are working in Haryana State.  Details of BTSs  installed  by  BSNL  and  major  private  Telecom  Service  Providers  (TSPs)  in  Gujarat  and Haryana as on 31.05.2019 are as under:

| Name of TSP     | Mobile Towers installed in Gujarat   | Mobile Towers installed in Gujarat   | Mobile Towers installed in Gujarat   | Mobile Towers installed in Haryana   | Mobile Towers installed in Haryana   | Mobile Towers installed in Haryana   |
|-----------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| Name of TSP     | 2G                                   | 3G                                   | 4G                                   | 2G                                   | 3G                                   | 4G                                   |
| BSNL            | 4852                                 | 3163                                 | 844                                  | 2237                                 | 2236                                 | 170                                  |
| Reliance Jio*   | 0                                    | 0                                    | 48606                                | 0                                    | 0                                    | 18593                                |
| Vodafone- Idea* | 16430                                | 15515                                | 21662                                | 4589                                 | 4622                                 | 5942                                 |
| Airtel*         | 9154                                 | 6147                                 | 13121                                | 3744                                 | 2675                                 | 5771                                 |

(c) & (d) Subject to techno-commercial feasibility and availability of funds, BSNL is regularly adding new equipments for improving its mobile network and coverage in both urban and rural areas of  all  of  its  LSAs  including  Gujarat  and  Haryana.  State-wise  details  of  BTSs  planned  and commissioned by BSNL under its expansion plan Phase-VIII.4 are at Annexure-III. Details of BTSs planned and commissioned by BSNL under its expansion plan in Bhavnagar and Botad districts are at Annexure-IV.

(e) Detail of BTSs upgraded in Gujarat circle during the last three years and current year is as under:

|   During 2016-17 |   During 2017-18 |   During 2018-19 |   During 01.04.2019 to 31.05.2019 |
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------------------------|
|               27 |                0 |             4979 |                               746 |

## Annexure referred to in Part (a) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No.348 for Answer on 17.07.2019.

2G/3G/4G BTSs installed by BSNL circle wise as on 31-05-2019

| S.No       | Name of Circle       | No. of working BTS (2G)   | No. of working Node B (3G)   | No. of working eNode B (4G)   |
|------------|----------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| EAST ZONE  | EAST ZONE            |                           |                              |                               |
| 1          | ANDAMAN& NICOBAR     | 172                       | 107                          | 0                             |
| 2          | ASSAM                | 1642                      | 1468                         | 20                            |
| 3          | BIHAR                | 3170                      | 1480                         | 166                           |
| 4          | KOLKATA TD           | 1620                      | 1573                         | 0                             |
| 5          | JHARKHAND            | 2154                      | 1118                         | 0                             |
| 6          | NORTH EAST I         | 897                       | 772                          | 192                           |
| 7          | NORTH EAST II        | 767                       | 547                          | 0                             |
| 8          | ODISHA               | 3564                      | 2335                         | 160                           |
| 9          | WEST BENGAL          | 2649                      | 1432                         | 0                             |
| SOUTH ZONE | SOUTH ZONE           |                           |                              |                               |
| 1          | ANDHRA PRADESH       | 4280                      | 2843                         | 259                           |
| 2          | CHENNAI TD           | 1886                      | 1620                         | 14                            |
| 3          | KERALA               | 5762                      | 4518                         | 705                           |
| 4          | KARNATAKA            | 5791                      | 3874                         | 261                           |
| 5          | TAMILNADU            | 5893                      | 3726                         | 323                           |
| 6          | TELANGANA            | 3682                      | 2522                         | 282                           |
| WEST ZONE  | WEST ZONE            |                           |                              |                               |
| 1          | CHHATTISGARH         | 2343                      | 1322                         | 226                           |
| 2          | GUJARAT              | 4852                      | 3163                         | 844                           |
| 3          | MAHARASHTRA          | 8301                      | 5758                         | 1092                          |
| 4          | MADHYA PRADESH       | 5320                      | 2617                         | 91                            |
| NORTH ZONE | NORTH ZONE           |                           |                              |                               |
| 1          | HARYANA              | 2237                      | 2236                         | 170                           |
| 2          | HIMACHAL PRADESH     | 1264                      | 875                          | 74                            |
| 3          | JAMMU& KASHMIR       | 1252                      | 869                          | 105                           |
| 4          | PUNJAB               | 3351                      | 2859                         | 362                           |
| 5          | RAJASTHAN            | 4569                      | 4073                         | 0                             |
| 6          | UTTARAKHAND          | 1083                      | 972                          | 56                            |
| 7          | UTTAR PRADESH (EAST) | 6416                      | 4173                         | 258                           |
| 8          | UTTAR PRADESH (WEST) | 2712                      | 1897                         | 261                           |
| TOTAL      | TOTAL                | 87629                     | 60749                        | 5921                          |

## Annexure -II

## Annexure referred to in Part (a) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No.348 for Answer on 17.07.2019.

District wise details of BTSs installed by BSNL in Gujarat.

| S. No.   | District      |   No. of 2G BTS |   No. of 3G BTS |   No. of 4G BTS |
|----------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| 1.       | AHMEDABAD     |             588 |             526 |              19 |
| 2.       | AMRELI        |             167 |              48 |              68 |
| 3.       | ANAND         |             139 |              96 |              16 |
| 4.       | ARAVALLI      |             109 |              30 |              49 |
| 5.       | BANASKANTHA   |             241 |             113 |              36 |
| 6.       | BHARUCH       |             183 |             154 |               2 |
| 7.       | BHAVNAGAR     |             189 |             152 |              30 |
| 8.       | BOTAD         |              37 |              17 |              11 |
| 9.       | CHHOTAUDEPUR  |              43 |              21 |               4 |
| 10.      | DAHOD         |              74 |              17 |              15 |
| 11.      | DANG          |              19 |              16 |               5 |
| 12.      | DWARKA        |              32 |              17 |               4 |
| 13.      | GANDHINAGAR   |             149 |              99 |              15 |
| 14.      | GIR SOMNATH   |              73 |              32 |               4 |
| 15.      | JAMNAGAR      |             156 |             115 |              24 |
| 16.      | JUNAGADH      |             119 |              66 |              17 |
| 17.      | KHEDA         |             118 |              78 |              11 |
| 18.      | KUTCH         |             244 |              46 |             150 |
| 19.      | MAHISAGAR     |              61 |              16 |              12 |
| 20.      | MEHSANA       |             178 |              88 |              31 |
| 21.      | MORBI         |              68 |              28 |              27 |
| 22.      | NARMADA       |              33 |              18 |               7 |
| 23.      | NAVSARI       |             108 |              97 |              14 |
| 24.      | PANCHMAHAL    |              82 |              44 |              10 |
| 25.      | PATAN         |              88 |              28 |              23 |
| 26.      | PORBANDAR     |              50 |              24 |               1 |
| 27.      | RAJKOT        |             305 |             227 |              46 |
| 28.      | SABARKANTHA   |             153 |              81 |              88 |
| 29.      | SURAT         |             398 |             359 |              14 |
| 30.      | SURENDRANAGAR |             164 |              77 |              44 |
| 31.      | TAPI          |              36 |              16 |              12 |
| 32.      | VADODARA      |             297 |             291 |              11 |
| 33.      | VALSAD        |             112 |              91 |              24 |
| Grand    | Total         |            4813 |            3128 |             844 |

## Annexure referred to in Part (c)& (d) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No.348 for Answer on 17.07.2019.

Details of BTS Planned/Installed by BSNL under Phase VIII.4 Mobile Expansion Project as on 31.05.2019

| Circle               | 2G      | 2G        | 3G      | 3G        | 4G      | 4G        |
|----------------------|---------|-----------|---------|-----------|---------|-----------|
| Circle               | Planned | Installed | Planned | Installed | Planned | Installed |
| Andaman &Nicobar     | 57      | 48        | 68      | 47        | 40      | 0         |
| Assam                | 425     | 237       | 460     | 453       | 284     | 20        |
| Bihar                | 0       | 0         | 222     | 215       | 323     | 166       |
| Kolkata TD           | 150     | 150       | 150     | 150       | 100     | 0         |
| Jharkhand            | 314     | 277       | 432     | 281       | 148     | 0         |
| North East-I         | 37      | 25        | 251     | 238       | 286     | 192       |
| North East-II        | 138     | 123       | 172     | 142       | 141     | 0         |
| Odisha               | 419     | 413       | 695     | 590       | 253     | 160       |
| West Bengal          | 874     | 604       | 1620    | 1004      | 230     | 0         |
| Chhattisgarh         | 1554    | 1409      | 1148    | 1132      | 226     | 226       |
| Gujarat              | 2154    | 1853      | 4405    | 3520      | 1050    | 844       |
| Maharashtra          | 3829    | 3106      | 6230    | 5213      | 1184    | 1092      |
| Madhya Pradesh       | 2436    | 2171      | 2136    | 2089      | 130     | 91        |
| Haryana              | 540     | 540       | 901     | 901       | 170     | 170       |
| Himachal Pradesh     | 241     | 241       | 322     | 322       | 74      | 74        |
| Jammu &Kashmir       | 320     | 317       | 459     | 418       | 108     | 105       |
| Punjab               | 904     | 904       | 1686    | 1617      | 362     | 362       |
| Rajasthan            | 1722    | 1722      | 2397    | 2396      | 0       | 0         |
| Uttarakhand          | 176     | 176       | 306     | 294       | 56      | 56        |
| Uttar Pradesh (East) | 1850    | 1850      | 1894    | 1894      | 310     | 258       |
| Uttar Pradesh (West) | 719     | 710       | 934     | 804       | 270     | 261       |
| Andhra Pradesh       | 741     | 731       | 1219    | 1219      | 500     | 259       |
| Chennai TD           | 393     | 393       | 845     | 740       | 200     | 14        |
| Kerala               | 1052    | 1052      | 2043    | 1998      | 705     | 705       |
| Karnataka            | 747     | 747       | 2206    | 2037      | 434     | 261       |
| Tamil Nadu           | 1506    | 1296      | 2855    | 2388      | 771     | 323       |
| Telangana            | 416     | 416       | 784     | 775       | 409     | 282       |
| Total                | 23714   | 21511     | 36840   | 32877     | 8764    | 5921      |

## Annexure referred to in Part (c) & (d) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No.348 for Answer on 17.07.2019.

Details of BTSs planned and commissioned by BSNL under its expansion plan in Bhavnagar and Botad districts

| Action                                                   | Bhavnagar district   | Bhavnagar district   | Botad district   | Botad district   |
|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|------------------|------------------|
| Action                                                   | Planned              | Installed            | Planned          | Installed        |
| Upgradation of old equipment with state of art equipment | 2G-80                | 2G-80                | 2G-10            | 2G-10            |
|                                                          | 3G-81                | 3G-81                | 3G-10            | 3G-10            |
| Upgradation of site by addition of 3G BTS                | 80                   | 56                   | 21               | 16               |
| Upgradation of site by addition of 4G BTS                | 97                   | 96                   | 14               | 14               |

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