Union Minister for Communications, Jyotiraditya Scindia has said that the government has set a target of installing one lakh 4G mobile towers by mid-term of next year. He said, out of the set target, a total of 36 thousand 574 4G mobile towers have already been installed so far. Mr Scindia stated this while addressing a press conference on the achievements of his Ministry during the first 100 days of the third term of the Narendra Modi government.
Mr Scindia added that India has become the fastest 5G rollout nation in the world and around 4.5 lakh 5G Base Transceiver Stations have been installed across the country. He said, this technology has reached almost all districts of the country and as of today 97 per cent of the urban areas and 80 per cent of the population have been covered under the 4G network.
