  The government on Wednesday said that over 29, 700 3G enabled telecom towers will be installed by 2014.
“There is proposal to install 16,526 base transceiver stations (BTS), for 3G services in 2012-13. As many as 13,174 BTSs would be installed during 2013-14”, revealed Milind Deora, Minister of State for C&IT in Lok Sabha .
He said that that these towers will be installed in 610 districts of the country.
Deora informed that 96,212 BTSs have been installed to provide 3G services in the country.
The proposed plan of telecom companies for 2012-13 include installation of 4,026 3G-enabled BTSs in Karnataka followed by Tamil Nadu with 1,715 BTSs, Bihar 1,703, Delhi 1,488, Mumbai 1,085 and Rajasthan 1,004 BTSs among others.
The proposal for 2013-14 includes 2,740 BTSs for Delhi circle, followed by 1,550 in Andhra Pradesh and 1,399 BTSs in Mumbai among others.
At present, Tamil Nadu circle has maximum of 9,350 BTSs for 3G services, followed by Delhi with 8,405 BTSs, Maharashtra (excluding Mumbai) with 8,377 BTSs. Mumbai had 6,622 BTSs for 3G services as on November 30, 2012. |