BAKTI to complete construction of 630 towers in 2024
17 July 2024
Indonesia's Telecommunications and Information Accessibility Agency (BAKTI) plans to complete construction of 630 base station towers in ‘unforeseeable areas’ by the end of this year, despite ongoing challenges of accessibility and security.
These ‘unforeseeable areas’ are in inhospitable geographical conditions as well as low levels of security, which pose serious challenges for infrastructure provider partners to install network equipment.
Find out more Indus Towers invests rurally
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11 July 2024
Indus Towers is driving up its investments in the rural parts of the country to bridge the digital divide that the government of India wants to achieve as early as possible.
More than 60% of Indus’ towers are installed in rural India. Additionally, all rural sites installed in Rajasthan are solar powered.
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India’s operators build new sites to support Shri Amarnathji Yatra 2024
09 July 2024
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), Reliance Jio, and Bharti Airtel have added new mobile sites to ensure Shri Amarnathji Yatra 2024 pilgrims get seamless connectivity in their journey.
In addition, new SIM distribution centres were opened for the pilgrims so that they could pick a new SIM of their choice to get mobile connectivity.
Find out more Singtel and SK Telecom to build next-gen networks
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08 July 2024
Singtel and SK Telecom have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to build next-generation telecommunications networks over the next two years.
The collaboration aims to explore the use of artificial intelligence (AI), orchestration tools, and deepen the domain knowledge of network virtualisation and other technologies, central to laying the groundwork for 6G.
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