BSNL to install WiMax BTS in 1,000 blocks

The state-run telecom company BSNL today announced plans to install WiMax base stations in 1,000 blocks across India by the end of this financial year to provide high-speed internet access to 25,000 villages.

“We will be installing WiMax BTS in 1000 blocks out of country’s 6000 blocks by the end of the current financial year,” said BSNL CMD Kuldeep Goyal. Rural India has been divided into 6000 blocks.

BSNL has rights to 1000 blocks and has invited tenders for installing a WiMAX base station in each of those blocks to provide rural connectivity.

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