Centre plans to geotag telecom infrastructure

NEW DELHI: The government is planning to geo-tag key telecom infrastructure, including telecom towers and optical fibre cables, to facilitate coordination, particularly in disaster situations.

The mapping of telecom infrastructure will also facilitate setting up of other developmental projects across the country, officials aware of the development told ET.

“We are working to geo-tag communication infrastructure across the country by 2027,” said one of the officials cited earlier.