With an aim to offer seamless connectivity to its customers, Aircel on Monday announced its network expansion of adding 13,000 2G, 3G and 4G sites across the country by December.
The plan is in line with the growing demand for mobile telephony services and to offer better customer experience, uninterrupted services and enhanced data speeds, the company said.
“Aircel regularly undertakes drive tests, installation of in-building solutions and upgrades network software to implement new features to ensure higher customer satisfaction on the Aircel network. Out of the 13,000 sites that will be rolled out, 5,300 sites are 2G and the remaining 7,700 are 3G and 4G sites combined,” Sameer Dave, Chief Technology Officer, Aircel, said.
While the 3G sites are planned primarily in regions such as Chennai, rest of Tamil Nadu, Kolkata, rest of West Bengal and Odisha, the focus for 2G network expansion are regions such as Delhi, Bihar and Rajasthan to improve network performance, he said.
As part of the plan, Aircel has already rolled out close to 7,400 sites till now this year and has added around 2.2 million hours per day of voice capacity and 200TB/day of data capacity to its network, the company said.
Aircel consistently upgrades and optimises its existing network to increase capacity, achieve higher efficiency and reduce the existing pressure on networks, it added.