Apr 03, 2017: Mobile telecom service to all the uncovered villages in Arunachal Pradesh will be provided under the Comprehensive Telecom Development Plan (CTDP) during 2017-18. The decision was taken during a meeting held in Itanagar between officials of BSNL NE-II circle and Minister of State for Communications, Manoj Sinha.
Around 1893 mobile Base Tran-receiver Stations (BTSs) are expected to cover all the uncovered villages. The highways will also get covered under the CTDP project. In order to strengthen the telecom network of inter-district connectivity and to promote Digital India Vision, 1510 km of Optical Fibre Cable will be laid in this year, for which, the work has recently started.