Question : PERFORMANCE OF MOBILE SERVICES



(a) the number of districts in Chhattisgarh where mobile services are not improving due to lack of proper infrastructure; and;

(b) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to improve the situation in such districts, location-wise?

Answer given by the minister


THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (DR. SHAKEEL AHMAD)

(a) & (b) Mobile services throughout the country including chhattisgarh are growing at a very fast rate.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is providing Cellular Mobile Service in all the 16 District Head Quarters and 90 out of Tehsil Head Quarters of Chhattisgarh. Besides BSNL, four private telecom Service Providers are also providing mobile services in most of the Districts/towns of Chhattisgarh.
In Order to meet the growing demand all the telecom Service Providers are continuously augmenting their mobile network infrastructure and optimizing the same for improving the performance and Quality of Service.