Centre approves Rs 26,000 crore to install 25k mobile towers in 500 days
2 years, 2 months ago

Centre approves Rs 26,000 crore to install 25k mobile towers in 500 days

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Financial support for the project will be provided by the Universal Services Obligation Fund and it will be implemented by Bharat Broadband Network New Delhi: The Centre has approved Rs 26,000 crore for installation of 25,000 mobile towers in 500 days, an official statement said on Tuesday. According to a telecom ministry spokesperson, financial support for the project will be provided by the Universal Services Obligation Fund and it will be implemented by Bharat Broadband Network. He announced that Rs 26,000 crore has been approved to install 25,000 new towers in next 500 days,” the statement said. Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Rajeev Chandrasekhar, MoS Communications Devusinh Chauhan and IT ministers from 12 states and UTs, namely Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Goa, Manipur, Uttarakhand, Telangana, Mizoram, Sikkim, and Puducherry participated in the conference.

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