Telecom firm Bharti Airtel on Thursday introduced the launch of its Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) broadband service – Airtel Xstream Fiber – in Ladakh and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
By 2025, Airtel Xstream Fiber plans to scale its footprint to 2000 cities, in accordance with a press release by the corporate.
“Airtel Xstream Fiber expands FTTH network to India’s farthest corners… launches high-speed broadband services in Ladakh and Andaman and Nicobar Islands,” the corporate stated.
Airtel stated it has develop into the primary personal ISP to roll-out FTTH broadband in these distant geographies and produce high quality digital entry to prospects by connecting them to the information superhighway.
Airtel Xstream Fiber’s high-speed broadband is accessible to prospects in Leh in Ladakh, and Port Blair in Andaman & Nicobar Islands. The firm plans to scale the service to different key places within the areas within the coming months.
The publish pandemic period has led to a surge in demand for high-speed broadband in properties, particularly for work at home, on-line studying in addition to on-line leisure, Vir Inder Nath, CEO – Broadband enterprise, Bharti Airtel famous.
“Airtel is investing aggressively to serve this customer need and plans to expand its FTTH footprint to 2000 towns across the country over the next three years and contribute to a digitally connected India,” Nath added.
Airtel Xstream Fiber had over 4.8 million prospects as of March 31, 2022. It is accessible in 847 cities and cities throughout India and goals to scale this footprint to 2000 cities by 2025.
The firm plans to develop its put in house broadband passes by 150 per cent to 40 million over the identical interval.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”