Question : Setting up of Mobile Towers in Madhya Pradesh

(a) the number of operational Base Transreceiver Stations (BTSs) in Madhya Pradesh, Telecom Service Providers (TSPs)-wise;

(b) whether the said number of BTSs are sufficient to meet requirement of the State and if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Government proposes to increase the number of BTSs in Madhya Pradesh and if so, the details thereof, circle-wise;

(d) the measures taken by the Government to set up BTS in remote villages of the State having no connectivity and the time by which it is likely to be done; and

(e) whether the Madhya Pradesh Electronic Development Corporation is capable to implement the BharatNet Project and if so, the details thereof and if not, the steps taken by the Government to implement the said project in the state?

THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS &
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

(a) Telecom Service Provider (TSPs) wise details of the Base Transreceiver Stations (BTSs) in Madhya Pradesh are as under:
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TSP Airtel BSNL Idea R Jio Reliance TTSL Vodafone Total
BTS count 22869 9511 25500 29281 275 3294 5825 96555
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(b) to (d) 84.5% of the population in MP is covered by the current mobile network in the State. M/s BSNL and M/s Reliance JIO have planned 1449 and 26220 BTS in Madhya Pradesh during the year 2018-19.

(e ) Government is implementing Bharat Net project under CPSU led model by BBNL through BSNL which is fully competent to do the work.