A telecom ministry official said the operators have committed to install a total of 1 lakh mobile towers within a year. "Telecom operators have installed 48,000 towers in last 45 days, out of 60,000 towers they promised to install in 100 days," Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha said. Grappling with mobile call drop menace, telecom operators committed on Monday to install 1 lakh towers within a year, entailing investments of about Rs 20,000 crore, and sought more spectrum from the government. Telecom operators have also sought the opening up of new frequency bands -- 71-76 gigahertz (GHz) and 50 GHz. We have committed to install 1 lakh base stations in a year.

Source: dna July 25, 2016 13:07 UTC