Call drop problem improving, says Prasad

“Things are improving....private telecom operators have installed one lakh towers, while the state-owned BSNL has put in place 24,000 Base Transceiver Station (BTS) towers across the country in the past one year to improve the call drop problem,” he said. 

Private telecom operators have decided to invest Rs 12,000 crore for installation of 60,000 more towers over the next three months, while the BSNL will instal 21,000 BTS towers, the Communications and Information Technology Minister said.

Prasad, who was here to review the functioning of the BSNL in Bihar, said the public sector telecom operator has done well adding 7-8 lakh new customers in the state since April last, while it had added 9.37 new customers last year.

The large-scale addition of new customers obviously indicated improvement in infrastructure and connectivity.