Archive · 15 Aug 2026
BSNL commissions 572 indigenous 4G towers in Chittoor area
A big telephone company called BSNL has built lots of new mobile towers.
The new towers send a 4G signal that helps phones connect and use the internet.
BSNL built 572 new 4G towers in the Chittoor area over the past 18 months.
Before this work, the area only had 76 working 4G towers.
The new towers brought mobile service to villages that had little or no phone signal.
112 of the towers were built with help from a government project called Digital Bharat Nidhi.
BSNL is planning to build 56 more 4G towers in the area.
Because of the better network, the number of BSNL mobile customers grew from 3.6 lakh to 4.4 lakh in two months.
BSNL commissioned 572 indigenous 4G towers in the Chittoor Business Area over the past 18 months.
The area previously had only 76 operational 4G towers.
112 of the new towers were set up in the past year under the Digital Bharat Nidhi (DBN) project.
BSNL plans to add another 56 4G BTS sites under the DBN project across the region's divisions.
Mobile subscribers in the area grew from 3.6 lakh to 4.4 lakh in the past two months.
- Who
- BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited), represented by Chittoor Business Area Principal General Manager AV Srikumar
- What
- Commissioned 572 indigenous 4G towers to strengthen mobile network coverage in the Chittoor Business Area
- When
- Over the past 18 months; the announcement was made on a Friday in Tirupati
- Where
- Chittoor Business Area, including the Chittoor, Kuppam, Palamaner, Tirupati, Srikalahasti, Madanapalle, Piler and Punganur divisions
- Why
- To improve connectivity in rural and remote locations and bring mobile services to villages with limited or no coverage
- Organisation
- BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited)
- 4G towers commissioned
- 572
- Previous operational 4G towers
- 76
- Towers under Digital Bharat Nidhi (DBN) project
- 112 in the past year
- Planned additional 4G BTS sites
- 56
- Mobile subscribers
- Grew from 3.6 lakh to 4.4 lakh in two months
- Timeframe
- Past 18 months
- Key official
- AV Srikumar, Principal General Manager, Chittoor Business Area