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Bharti Airtel To Add 1,500-Km Optic Fiber In Odisha By FY19

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OB Bureau

New Delhi: Here’s a good news for Airtel users in Odisha. Telecom operator Bharti Airtel has decided to add 1,500 km of optic fiber in Odisha which would extend the state’s fiber backbone to 9,500 km.

It will also add 4,400 new mobile sites across the state, taking the total to 15,600, informed a telco release on Monday.

Airtel’s network now covers 53,500 towns and villages across Odisha. Earlier, it had added 3,660 new sites with more than 500 km of optic fiber being rolled out.

Bharti Airtel, Odisha Chief Operating Officer Siddharth Motiwale was quoted by a national daily saying, “We are committed to offer our customers in Odisha a seamless experience on the best smartphone network. We will continue to invest aggressively in the region and expand our network capabilities with over 15,600 sites by the end of this financial year.”

Notably, the Airtel has launched VoLTE services in June 2018.

Airtel has already witnessed a steady surge in its VoLTE traffic in Odisha on the back of the availability of 4G network.

OB Bureau

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