Indus Towers today said it has increased the number of its telecom towers in Maharashtra and Goa Circle to 11,000 from just about 4,000 in 2008, and plans to add 2,000 more nationwide.
The expansion has resulted in coverage of over 380 towns and 43,500 villages in the region which has a massive subscriber base of 61 million mobile phone users, B L Venkateshwar, CEO of Indus Towers (Maharashtra and Goa Circle), told reporters here.
"Building upon its presence of over 1,13,000 towers in the country, Indus plans to add around 2,000 more towers nationally of which around 20 per cent are expected to be in the Maharashtra and Goa Circle," he said.
The company is in total compliance with DoT-stipulated norms on radiation in the mobile tower sector, Venkateshwar stated.
The largest telecom tower company in the world has been promoted under a joint venture between entities of Bharti Group, Vodafone India and Aditya Birla Telecom. Set up in 2007, the company renders passive infrastructure services to telecom service providers in the country.
