On 25 April, the Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Ahir directed BSNL to expedite bandwidth upgradation in 35 worst-affected Maoist districts on priority and ensure up to 2 mbps capacity within one month. This was announced during a high-level meeting to review the mobile connectivity issues in Left Wing Extremism (Maoist) affected districts of the country.
The state owned telco BSNL has been directed to conduct study of the existing mobile towers and switch over to micro-wave where optical fibre cable has reached the gram sabhas and submit its report within a month.
The ministry’s statements said: "States like Maharashtra, Odisha and Jharkhand highlighted bandwidth issue because of which they face call drops and limited connectivity. It was informed the Telecom Commission has already approved upgradation upto 2 mbps at the Phase-I satellite towers which are on VSAT at a cost of Rs 89 crores."
Ahir said mobile connectivity is important for the jawans to remain in touch with their families and it will also help in addressing stress related issues among the CAPF personnel.
Source: http://cablequest.org/index.php/news/telecom-news/item/12856-minister-directs-bsnl-to-strengthen-mobile-connectivity-in-maoist-affected-regions
The ministry’s statements said: "States like Maharashtra, Odisha and Jharkhand highlighted bandwidth issue because of which they face call drops and limited connectivity. It was informed the Telecom Commission has already approved upgradation upto 2 mbps at the Phase-I satellite towers which are on VSAT at a cost of Rs 89 crores."
Ahir said mobile connectivity is important for the jawans to remain in touch with their families and it will also help in addressing stress related issues among the CAPF personnel.
Source: http://cablequest.org/index.php/news/telecom-news/item/12856-minister-directs-bsnl-to-strengthen-mobile-connectivity-in-maoist-affected-regions
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