Telcos commit Rs 740-bn investment into infrastructure to curb call drops

Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan said Bharti Airtel invested Rs 160 bn on infrastructure and will be spending an additional Rs 240 bn on the network

As the problem of call drops continue to irk consumers, mobile operators have committed to invest over Rs 740 billion for upgrading the existing infrastructure and also expand the network capacity.

As per Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan, Reliance Jio has committed to invest Rs 500 billion to install 100,000 towers in the coming fiscal whereas Bharti Airtel, which has invested Rs 160 billion on infrastructure and will be spending an additional Rs 240 billion on the network.

Others, including Vodafone and Idea Cellular, will also increase the mobile sites but the operators have not given an investment figure as the merger process