Airtel expands its network footprint in Ahmedabad and Kheda District under its rural network enhancement project

Bharti Airtel, one of India's leading telecommunications service providers, today announced that it has deployed additional sites in Ahmedabad and Kheda district to densify its network. The network enhancement project in Ahmedabad and Kheda was undertaken across 350 villages covering 6 lakh population base.

Customers in the tehsils of Ahmedabad (Daskroi), Sanand, Mandal, Detroj-Rampura, Bavla, Dholka, Kheda, Nadiad, Mehmedabad, Matar, Mahudha, and Kathlal under the Ahmedabad and Kheda district will directly benefit from this network enhancement. The expansion will enable seamless access to high-speed connectivity that will ensure reliable mobile network for work, study and entertainment in rural parts of Ahmedabad and Kheda. In this year alone, Airtel has doubled down on its commitment to the state and has invested additional capex to enhance its network connectivity for seamless experience on 4G, 5G, Broadband and Fiber.

Airtel has been running this rural enhancement project nationally and will augment network connectivity across 60,000 villages in the country by 2024. Gujarat has been one of the big focus markets for the company and with this initiative, the company will augment its network coverage across 7000 villages covering the entire state.

To expand coverage in rural villages in the state and to bring customers to enjoy the power of high-speed connectivity, the rural enhancement project covers fifteen districts of Gujarat including Bharuch, Gandhinagar, Mehsana, Banaskantha, Surat, Ahmedabad, Kheda, Bhavnagar, Botad, Anand, Rajkot, Morbi, Vadodara, Sabarkantha and Patan, impacting over 50 lakh population across these districts.

With the aim of stepping up network capacity and taking services deeper into rural and unconnected areas. Airtel has also enhanced its fiber presence in the state by deploying additional capacities. The addition of fresh fiber capacity will support the growth of demand for high-speed data services in this region. Airtel's network umbrella in the region now covers all key urban, semi urban and rural areas including highways, tourist destinations and trade centres.

Shares of Bharti Airtel Limited was last trading in BSE at Rs. 1193.85 as compared to the previous close of Rs. 1168.70. The total number of shares traded during the day was 1551612 in over 9567 trades.

The stock hit an intraday high of Rs. 1196.00 and intraday low of 1157.85. The net turnover during the day was Rs. 1815737166.00.

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