Bharat Sanchar Nigam limited, (BSNl) would chalk out a road map to make Indore an important part of 'Digital India' initiative as well as to connect rural areas with high speed internet, said MR Rawat, senior general manager, BSNl while talking to media persons here.
He said the BSNl in order to connect rural areas with high speed internet, would be installing 40 base transceiver station (BTS) across the region.
Talking about revival of landline connection, he said, presently there are 96,000 landline connections in city. “We are receiving
positive response from our customers and those disconnected users who have joined us back,” he added.
Indore, being one of the highest revenue getter for the company has been ranked third in the country after Surat and Ahmedabad. Revenue collection during 2014-15 stood at Rs114 crore. For past two years more than Rs100 crore has been collected by the division. Piyush Khare, former senior general manager, BSNl said Indore is among 40 districts in the country whose revenue is over Rs100 crore.
Speaking about network problems and call drop issues in city, Khare, said, "South pockets of the city have been facing some network issues. But we are working on it. Certain sectors have been identified which are facing connectivity and call drop issues and appropriate steps are being taken to resolve the issue.