Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) will be investing around Rs 7,000 crore to install 21,000 new mobile towers to improve its services. The state-owned company, however, said it has the lowest number of call drops when compared with private sector rivals.
BSNL is working on a three-fold strategy that includes network expansion in all circles including the Northeast where call drop ratio is a little higher, conducting drive tests and network optimisation as well as infrastructure sharing with private players to further ease network congestion and, hence, services. BSNL is in talks with Vodafone India and Bharti Airtel to formally ink intra-circle roaming (ICR) deals.
"We are in the process of investing Rs 7,000 crore in radio...