VILLAGES OUTSIDE 8KM FROM TELEPHONE EXCHANGE ARE BEING CONNECTED THROUGH WLL

Balarampur, 15 December 2009.The villages which are outside the radius of 8km from the telephone exchange are being connected through wireless service in Paschim Medinipur district as in other areas of the state. This was disclosed by Shri Srikanta Pal, General Manager, Kharagpur BSNL Telecom District at the Bharat Nirman PIC being held at the Vidyapith ground by the media units of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry. He said that at the same time mobile telephone service is being provided to the villages through towers also. The banks and educational institutions in the villages have been connected through optical fibre network, Shri Pal said. Giving details about the broadband service in the villages of the district, he said that after the introduction of the BSNL broadband service connectivity through internet has improved. Out of the 184 telephone exchanges in the district 148 are under the rural service, he said. About the plans to improve rural telephone service a number of activities have been undertaken. These include creating facilities keeping in mind the economic condition of the rural people and bringing the gram pachayats under telephone network. The BSNL being an organization providing public service would continue to pay more attention to create an improved rural telephone network and service, Shri Pal asserted.