Number of faulty BTSes reduced from 800 to 290 post-lockdown: COAI

The number of faulty base transceiver stations (BTSes) has reduced to nearly 290 from about 800 before the lockdown period, as telecom companies and the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) joined hands to ensure uninterrupted connectivity.

This was out of a total number of about 22 lakh BTSs in the country. Similarly, the number of optical fibre cable (OFC) cuts were reduced to about 19 from the 100 per day before the lockdown period, according to Cellular Operators’ Association of India (COAI) Director-General Rajan S Mathews.

A BTS is a piece of equipment that facilitates wireless communication between user equipment (such as mobile handsets, computers with wireless Internet connectivity) and a network.