Lok Sabha Question No. 1701 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-04
Subject: 3G Services
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: SANGANNA AMARAPPA KARADI, SAKSHI SWAMI MAHARAJ

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1701 TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 TH  MAY, 2016

## 3G SERVICES

1701.   SHRI SANGANNA AMARAPPA:

DR. SWAMI SAKSHIJI MAHARAJ:

Will  the  Minister  of  COMMUNICATIONS  AND  INFORMATION  TECHNOLOGY  be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of 3G and 4G mobile towers installed, State and operator-wise;
- (b) whether the Government plans for expansion and introduction of 3G scheme across the country;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the present status in this regard, State-wise;
- (d) whether the 3G scheme provided by telecom operators in various service areas are not working properly; and
- (e) if  so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government in this regard along with the action taken against such operators?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

(a) The details of 3G & 4G BTSs installed as on 29.02.2016 is as per Annexure -I and Annexure-II respectively.

(b)&(c) In order to promote wide availability of 3G services in the country the Government has  taken  many  policy  initiatives  such  as  permission  for  active  infrastructure  sharing, spectrum  sharing,  spectrum  trading,  administrative  liberalization  of  the  allocated  spectrum and Mobile Number Portability. Presently, 3G services are available in all 22 licensed service areas in the country.

The Government and the stakeholders have been taking active measures to increase the availability of 3G services on continuous basis. Accordingly, 64,746 sites for 3G service have been added in  various parts  of  the  country  during  July,  2015  to  March,  2016  by  the private service providers. Out of total 64,746 sites, around 20,296 sites have been added in the months of February and March, 2016 itself.Besides, BSNL has added 11,700 sites for 3G services in the country in the years 2014 to 2016.

(d)&(e) 3G services,in general, are working satisfactorily. In limited number of cases, concerns regarding weak signal at certain spots, call drops and errors in billing have been reported  in  2015-16.  The  telecommunications  service  providers  have  been  continuously working to address them by adding new sites, perform network optimisation, synchronisation of spectrum and resolve errors through grievance handling channels. The efforts made have started  showing  the  results  and  shall  continue  towards  affordable  and  good  quality  3G services.

| Annexure-I                          | Annexure-I                          | Annexure-I                          | Annexure-I                          | Annexure-I                          | Annexure-I                          | Annexure-I                          | Annexure-I                          | Annexure-I                          | Annexure-I                          |
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| Number of 3G BTS (As on 29.02.2016) | Number of 3G BTS (As on 29.02.2016) | Number of 3G BTS (As on 29.02.2016) | Number of 3G BTS (As on 29.02.2016) | Number of 3G BTS (As on 29.02.2016) | Number of 3G BTS (As on 29.02.2016) | Number of 3G BTS (As on 29.02.2016) | Number of 3G BTS (As on 29.02.2016) | Number of 3G BTS (As on 29.02.2016) | Number of 3G BTS (As on 29.02.2016) |
| SN                                  | LSA Name                            | Aircel/ DWL                         | Airtel/ BHL/ BAL                    | BSNL/ MTNL                          | IDEA/ ABTL                          | Reliance                            | TATA                                | Vodafone                            | Total                               |
| 1                                   | Andhra Pradesh                      | 1,502                               | 7,734                               | 3,109                               | 5,380                               | 0                                   | 0                                   | 0                                   | 17,725                              |
| 2                                   | Assam                               | 877                                 | 2,102                               | 813                                 | 0                                   | 364                                 | 0                                   | 1,036                               | 5,192                               |
| 3                                   | Bihar                               | 1,018                               | 4,828                               | 1,422                               | 0                                   | 708                                 | 0                                   | 0                                   | 7,976                               |
| 4                                   | Delhi                               | 0                                   | 5,861                               | 704                                 | 2,986                               | 2,242                               | 0                                   | 5,607                               | 17,400                              |
| 5                                   | Gujarat                             | 0                                   | 4,313                               | 2,289                               | 5,446                               | 0                                   | 1,325                               | 5,630                               | 19,003                              |
| 6                                   | Haryana                             | 0                                   | 1,950                               | 906                                 | 2,169                               | 0                                   | 1,165                               | 1,900                               | 8,090                               |
| 7                                   | Himachal Pradesh                    | 0                                   | 1,298                               | 299                                 | 600                                 | 170                                 | 0                                   | 0                                   | 2,367                               |
| 8                                   | Jammu and Kashmir                   | 758                                 | 1,586                               | 0                                   | 519                                 | 472                                 | 0                                   | 0                                   | 3,335                               |
| 9                                   | Karnataka                           | 1,779                               | 9,912                               | 1,448                               | 0                                   | 0                                   | 3,530                               | 3,676                               | 20,345                              |
| 10                                  | Kerala                              | 394                                 | 0                                   | 1,855                               | 5,691                               | 0                                   | 678                                 | 2,019                               | 10,637                              |
| 11                                  | Kolkata                             | 1,823                               | 2,109                               | 665                                 | 1,275                               | 1,305                               | 0                                   | 2,191                               | 9,368                               |
| 12                                  | Madhya Pradesh                      | 0                                   | 3,893                               | 1,594                               | 5,326                               | 944                                 | 1,420                               | 0                                   | 13,177                              |
| 13                                  | Maharashtra                         | 0                                   | 4,646                               | 2,629                               | 7,915                               | 0                                   | 2,995                               | 5,513                               | 23,698                              |
| 14                                  | Mumbai                              | 0                                   | 3,460                               | 652                                 | 0                                   | 1,867                               | 0                                   | 4,270                               | 10,249                              |
| 15                                  | North East                          | 649                                 | 1,224                               | 557                                 | 0                                   | 146                                 | 0                                   | 566                                 | 3,142                               |
| 16                                  | Odisha                              | 911                                 | 2,240                               | 1,229                               | 0                                   | 542                                 | 0                                   | 0                                   | 4,922                               |
| 17                                  | Punjab                              | 387                                 | 0                                   | 1,531                               | 3,498                               | 863                                 | 931                                 | 0                                   | 7,210                               |
| 18                                  | Rajasthan                           | 0                                   | 5,239                               | 1,290                               | 0                                   | 662                                 | 54                                  | 2,038                               | 9,283                               |
| 19                                  | Tamilnadu                           | 4,597                               | 9,910                               | 2,519                               | 0                                   | 0                                   | 0                                   | 6,949                               | 23,975                              |
| 20                                  | Uttar Pradesh (East)                | 1,138                               | 4,211                               | 1,246                               | 3,352                               | 0                                   | 0                                   | 3,317                               | 13,264                              |
| 21                                  | Uttar Pradesh (West)                | 4,070                               | 0                                   | 1,732                               | 4,174                               | 0                                   | 905                                 | 1,719                               | 12,600                              |
| 22                                  | West Bengal                         | 718                                 | 3,764                               | 569                                 | 0                                   | 592                                 | 0                                   | 2,915                               | 8,558                               |
|                                     | Total                               | 20,621                              | 80,280                              | 29,058                              | 48,331                              | 10,877                              | 13,003                              | 49,346                              | 2,51,516                            |

Contd…3/-

| Annexure - II                       | Annexure - II                       | Annexure - II                       | Annexure - II                       | Annexure - II                       | Annexure - II                       | Annexure - II                       | Annexure - II                       | Annexure - II                       | Annexure - II                       |
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| Number of 4G BTS (As on 29.02.2016) | Number of 4G BTS (As on 29.02.2016) | Number of 4G BTS (As on 29.02.2016) | Number of 4G BTS (As on 29.02.2016) | Number of 4G BTS (As on 29.02.2016) | Number of 4G BTS (As on 29.02.2016) | Number of 4G BTS (As on 29.02.2016) | Number of 4G BTS (As on 29.02.2016) | Number of 4G BTS (As on 29.02.2016) | Number of 4G BTS (As on 29.02.2016) |
| SN                                  | LSA Name                            | Aircel/ DWL                         | Airtel/ BHL/ BAL                    | IDEA/A BTL                          | Reliance Jio                        | Vodafon e                           | TIKONA                              | Unino r/ Telen or                   | Total                               |
| 1                                   | Andhra Pradesh                      | 324                                 | 2,051                               | 1,350                               | 12,820                              | 0                                   | 0                                   | 0                                   | 16,545                              |
| 2                                   | Assam                               | 164                                 | 0                                   | 0                                   | 0                                   | 0                                   | 0                                   | 0                                   | 164                                 |
| 3                                   | Bihar                               | 235                                 | 0                                   | 0                                   | 5,524                               | 0                                   | 0                                   | 0                                   | 5,759                               |
| 4                                   | Delhi                               | 0                                   | 4,626                               | 0                                   | 7,014                               | 631                                 | 0                                   | 0                                   | 12,271                              |
| 5                                   | Gujarat                             | 0                                   | 0                                   | 0                                   | 9,693                               | 0                                   | 87                                  | 0                                   | 9,780                               |
| 6                                   | Haryana                             | 0                                   | 330                                 | 558                                 | 2,695                               | 0                                   | 0                                   | 0                                   | 3,583                               |
| 7                                   | Himachal Pradesh                    | 0                                   | 106                                 | 0                                   | 1,207                               | 0                                   | 0                                   | 0                                   | 1,313                               |
| 8                                   | Jammu and Kashmir                   | 65                                  | 0                                   | 0                                   | 1,902                               | 0                                   | 0                                   | 0                                   | 1,967                               |
| 9                                   | Karnataka                           | 0                                   | 3,617                               | 1,573                               | 8,541                               | 1,636                               | 0                                   | 0                                   | 15,367                              |
| 10                                  | Kerala                              | 0                                   | 1,525                               | 1,485                               | 5,704                               | 497                                 | 0                                   | 0                                   | 9,211                               |
| 11                                  | Kolkata                             | 0                                   | 1,385                               | 0                                   | 4,128                               | 472                                 | 0                                   | 0                                   | 5,985                               |
| 12                                  | Madhya Pradesh                      | 0                                   | 0                                   | 1,139                               | 11,643                              | 0                                   | 0                                   | 0                                   | 12,782                              |
| 13                                  | Maharashtra                         | 0                                   | 1,551                               | 23                                  | 10,206                              | 0                                   | 0                                   | 0                                   | 11,780                              |
| 14                                  | Mumbai                              | 0                                   | 2,173                               | 0                                   | 6,128                               | 648                                 | 0                                   | 0                                   | 8,949                               |
| 15                                  | North East                          | 163                                 | 265                                 | 0                                   | 918                                 | 0                                   | 0                                   | 0                                   | 1,346                               |
| 16                                  | Odisha                              | 137                                 | 430                                 | 336                                 | 4,011                               | 0                                   | 0                                   | 0                                   | 4,914                               |
| 17                                  | Punjab                              | 0                                   | 3,604                               | 915                                 | 3,468                               | 0                                   | 0                                   | 0                                   | 7,987                               |
| 18                                  | Rajasthan                           | 0                                   | 266                                 | 0                                   | 4,487                               | 0                                   | 136                                 | 0                                   | 4,889                               |
| 19                                  | Tamilnadu                           | 350                                 | 3,031                               | 1,482                               | 12,211                              | 0                                   | 0                                   | 0                                   | 17,074                              |
| 20                                  | Uttar Pradesh (East)                | 0                                   | 0                                   | 0                                   | 5,961                               | 0                                   | 118                                 | 167                                 | 6,246                               |
| 21                                  | Uttar Pradesh (West)                | 0                                   | 0                                   | 0                                   | 3,641                               | 0                                   | 61                                  | 0                                   | 3,702                               |
| 22                                  | West Bengal                         | 142                                 | 0                                   | 0                                   | 3,704                               | 0                                   | 0 402                               | 0                                   | 3,846                               |
| Total                               | Total                               | 1,580                               | 24,960                              | 8,861                               | 1,25,606                            | 3,884                               |                                     | 167                                 | 1,65,460                            |

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