Lok Sabha Question No. 4081 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-23
Subject: Mobile Towers
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: S.SELVAKUMARA CHINNAYAN, ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT, HARIOM SINGH RATHORE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4081 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23 rd  DECEMBER, 2015

## MOBILE TOWERS

## 4081.  SHRI S. SELVAKUMARA CHINNAYAN:

SHRI ARVIND SAWANT:

## SHRI HARIOM SINGH RATHORE:

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

- (a) the  State-wise  and  Union  Territory-wise  number  of  mobile  towers  of  Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) in the country along with the break-up of the towers having antenna and without antenna;
- (b) the  action  taken/proposed  to  be  taken  for  setting  up  antenna  and  other equipments/for functioning of the towers and the time frame for the same;
- (c) whether the matter for installation of mobile towers by BSNL/MTNL is pending in various telecom districts;
- (d) if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
- (e) the details of proposals for setting up new mobile towers by BSNL and MTNL?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) Circle-wise  details  of  mobile  towers  of  Bharat  Sanchar  Nigam  Limited (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) in the country along with the break-up of the towers having antenna and without antenna are given in Annexure-1.

BSNL  has  reported  that  for  procurement  of  GSM  (Global  System  of  Mobile communication)  equipment,  the  tendering  process  for  Phase-VII  expansion  project  to augment its capacity in its areas of operation by 15 million lines has been concluded and the roll out for the same is under process.  Out of 15 million lines, approximately 7.2 million  lines  have  already  been  rolled  out  and  remaining  is  under  various  stages  of commissioning  which  BSNL  will  utilise  for  making  operational  non-radiating  1719 towers.

- (c) & (d) MTNL has reported that no installation of mobile tower is pending in its service  area.  Circle-wise  detail  of  BTSs  pending  for  installation  by  BSNL  is  given  in Annexure-2.
- (e) BSNL has planned  installation of additional 9600 3G BTSs and replacement of 5300 old 2G BTSs in North and South Zone to be rolled out from next financial year. MTNL has reported that presently no such proposal has been approved.

Contd……..2/-

## Annexure-I

Total No. of Mobile Towers of BSNL and MTNL as on 30.09.2015

| Sl. No.    | Name Of Circle       | Total No. of Towers   | Towers with antenna (Radiating)   | Towers without antenna (Non-Radiating)   |
|------------|----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| 1.         | Andaman & Nic obar   | 146                   | 146                               | 0                                        |
| 2.         | Andhra Pradesh       | 5527                  | 5527                              | 0                                        |
| 3.         | Assam                | 1779                  | 1779                              | 0                                        |
| 4.         | Bihar                | 1843                  | 1839                              | 4                                        |
| 5.         | Chhattisgarh         | 1607                  | 1607                              | 0                                        |
| 6.         | Gujarat              | 4528                  | 4474                              | 54                                       |
| 7.         | Himachal Pradesh     | 953                   | 940                               | 13                                       |
| 8.         | Haryana              | 1548                  | 1548                              | 0                                        |
| 9.         | Jammu & Kashmir      | 1011                  | 990                               | 21                                       |
| 10.        | Jharkhand            | 1394                  | 1249                              | 145                                      |
| 11.        | Kerala               | 3825                  | 3825                              | 0                                        |
| 12.        | Karnataka            | 4111                  | 4106                              | 5                                        |
| 13.        | Maharashtra          | 5861                  | 5777                              | 84                                       |
| 14.        | Madhya Pradesh       | 4469                  | 4221                              | 148                                      |
| 15.        | North East-I         | 607                   | 607                               | 0                                        |
| 16.        | North East-II        | 648                   | 607                               | 41                                       |
| 17.        | Odisha               | 2307                  | 2083                              | 224                                      |
| 18.        | Punjab               | 2287                  | 2244                              | 43                                       |
| 19.        | Rajasthan            | 3901                  | 3746                              | 155                                      |
| 20.        | Tamil Nadu           | 4837                  | 4815                              | 22                                       |
| 21.        | Utter Pradesh (East) | 4524                  | 4321                              | 203                                      |
| 22.        | Utter Pradesh (West) | 2211                  | 1963                              | 248                                      |
| 23.        | Uttarakhand          | 1005                  | 936                               | 69                                       |
| 24.        | West Bengal          | 2258                  | 2124                              | 134                                      |
| 25.        | Kolkata Tel. Distt.  | 881                   | 876                               | 5                                        |
| 26.        | Chennai Tel. Distt.  | 1498                  | 1497                              | 1                                        |
| Total BSNL | Total BSNL           | 65566                 | 63847                             | 1719                                     |
| MTNL       | MTNL                 | MTNL                  | MTNL                              | MTNL                                     |
| 1.         | Delhi                | 1867                  | 1867                              | -                                        |
| 2. Mumbai  | 2. Mumbai            | 1679                  | 1679                              | -                                        |

Contd…….3/-

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Annexure -2 Circle-wise detail of BTSs pending for installation by BSNL as on 31.10.2015

| S. No.   | Circle               | Cellular BTS (2G)   | Cellular BTS (2G)   | Cellular BTS (2G)   | Cellular BTS (3G)   | Cellular BTS (3G)   | Cellular BTS (3G)   |
|----------|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|          |                      | To be Installed     | Already installed   | Pending             | To be installed     | Already installed   | Pending             |
| 1        | HARYANA              | 719                 | 673                 | 46                  | 500                 | 440                 | 60                  |
| 2        | HIMACHAL PRADESH     | 317                 | 310                 | 07                  | 110                 | 110                 | 00                  |
| 3        | JAMMU & KASHMIR      | 130                 | 122                 | 08                  | 25                  | 10                  | 15                  |
| 4        | PUNJAB               | 722                 | 680                 | 42                  | 574                 | 528                 | 46                  |
| 5        | RAJASTHAN            | 595                 | 591                 | 04                  | 229                 | 221                 | 08                  |
| 6        | UTTARAKHAND          | 320                 | 295                 | 25                  | 139                 | 130                 | 09                  |
| 7        | UTTAR PRADESH (EAST) | 1172                | 989                 | 183                 | 870                 | 691                 | 179                 |
| 8        | UTTAR PRADESH (WEST) | 949                 | 899                 | 50                  | 620                 | 587                 | 33                  |
| 9        | ANADAMAN NICOBAR     | 52                  | 50                  | 02                  | 0                   | 0                   | 00                  |
| 10       | ASSAM                | 174                 | 172                 | 02                  | 70                  | 67                  | 03                  |
| 11       | BIHAR                | 1150                | 123                 | 1027                | 228                 | 208                 | 20                  |
| 12       | KOLKATA              | 166                 | 131                 | 35                  | 163                 | 130                 | 33                  |
| 13       | JHARKHAND            | 246                 | 222                 | 24                  | 231                 | 222                 | 09                  |
| 14       | NORTH EAST-I         | 328                 | 263                 | 65                  | 247                 | 192                 | 55                  |
| 15       | NORTH EAST-II        | 258                 | 187                 | 71                  | 254                 | 182                 | 72                  |
| 16       | ODISHA               | 1355                | 1192                | 163                 | 1214                | 811                 | 403                 |
| 17       | WEST BENGAL          | 520                 | 408                 | 112                 | 390                 | 276                 | 114                 |
| 18       | CHATTISGARH          | 126                 | 122                 | 04                  | 129                 | 122                 | 07                  |
| 19       | GUJARAT              | 393                 | 332                 | 61                  | 379                 | 328                 | 51                  |
| 20       | MAHARASTRA           | 574                 | 552                 | 22                  | 531                 | 518                 | 13                  |
| 21       | MADHYA PRADESH       | 283                 | 275                 | 08                  | 286                 | 278                 | 08                  |
| 22       | ANDHRA PRADESH       | 1892                | 1892                | 00                  | 1890                | 1870                | 20                  |
| 23       | CHENNAI TD           | 0                   | 0                   | 00                  | 190                 | 190                 | 00                  |
| 24       | KERALA               | 647                 | 643                 | 04                  | 795                 | 772                 | 23                  |
| 25       | KARNATAKA            | 636                 | 636                 | 00                  | 320                 | 320                 | 00                  |
| 26       | TAMILNADU            | 510                 | 505                 | 05                  | 420                 | 420                 | 00                  |
|          | Grand Total          | 14234               | 12264               | 1970                | 10804               | 9623                | 1181                |

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