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Business Line Internet Edition Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Friday, September 30, 2005 News Update as at 17.00 hrs (IST) Info-Tech Airtel sets up 1,000th cell site at Katol NAGPUR: Cellular service provider, Airtel on Friday installed 1,000th cell site in Maharashtra and Goa circle at Katol, 40 km from here, and claimed to have become first private player to do so. "The total number of base stations will touch 1,500 by March next year and Airtel will enter over 300 new towns across Maharashtra and Goa thus spanning the coverage to a total 550 towns and 33 districts," Chief Operating Officer, Bharti Televentures, Christopher Tobit told reporters. Airtel will offer superior quality network in key tourist and pilgrimage destinations including Shirdi, Trimbakshwar, Mahabaleshwar, Shani Shingnapur, Nanded, Pandharpur, Lonavala and Khandala with an investment to the tune of Rs 250 crore for network expansion, capacity enhancement and other infrastructure, he said. The company will also commission its third mobile switch centre (MSC) in second capital by end of March 2006, he said, adding that during the current fiscal, Airtel will be covering additional highways like Bhusawal-Shegaon, Dhule-Nashik and Mumbai-Goa besides rail and road network on Mumbai-Goa and Vasai-Ahmedabad by next March. - PTI
