25K villages to get tele connection by mid-2025: Scindia
Business Standard|September 12, 2024
As many as 25,000 villages without telecom and mobile internet will be connected by mid-2025 to ensure full "saturation" in the country, said Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Wednesday.
SUBHAYAN CHAKRABORTY
25K villages to get tele connection by mid-2025: Scindia

Scindia on State-run BSNL will roll out its 4G network with 100,000 telecom towers by the middle of next year.

A total of 450,000 towers have been erected nationwide but some villages remain unconnected, said Scindia at the 51st national management convention of the All India Management Association. "We have committed to putting up close to 20,000 towers and committed ₹45,000 crore towards that initiative by mid-2025," he said.

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