Jagan launches 4G services in 209 remote AP villages
Reliance inaugurates 100 Jio Towers across AP, these will soon be upgraded to 5G
Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy launching Jio Towers from his camp office near Vijayawada on Thursday
Vijayawada Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy virtually launched 4G services to remote corner areas of the State from his camp office at Tadepalli near here on Thursday.
The Chief Minister also formally launched the operations of 100 Jio Towers established by the Reliance Group.
Interacting with the District Collectors, public representatives and officials through video conferencing enabled by the new towers, the Chief Minister said it will also help all houses in remote areas to enjoy benefits of internet connectivity.
He thanked the Telecommunications Department at the Centre, BSNL, Reliance Jio and Airtel for extending their services to remote corners. As many as 209 remote corner villages will receive the 4G services, he said, observing that the government services will now be implemented with more quality and perfection.
Reliance has established 85 towers in Alluri Sitaramaraju district, 10 in Parvatipuram Manyam, three Annamayya and two in YSR districts. These towers will soon be upgraded to 5G.
As part of the efforts to bring broadband services to every nook and corner of the State, the government has tied up with the Universal Service Obligation Fund to establish the towers in collaboration with Reliance Group. Under the programme, mobile cell towers will be established in 2,849 places out of which the government has already handed over land for establishing towers at 2,463 places. By December, the towers will be established at all these places.
The government, coordinating with the Centre and other agencies, has provided all facilities to Reliance Industries in establishing these towers aiming at extending 4G services to 5,459 houses in remote areas which do not have the mobile facility. These towers will help internet users download data at 150 MBPS and upload it with 50 MBPS speed.
Village Secretariats, Rythu Bharosa Kendras, village clinics and schools also will acquire broadband services, the Chief Minister said, adding that implementation of welfare schemes, e-learning, health services, e-crop booking and distribution of ration will also become easier now.
Several public representatives including MP G Madhavi, Araku MLA Ch Phalguna, Alluri Sitarama Raju District Collector Sumit Kumar and some tribal representatives interacted with the Chief Minister virtually from Bhimavaram of Hukumpeta mandal.
Paderu MLA K Bhagya Lakshmi and ITDA PO V Abhishek from Subbulu village of G Madugula mandal and Parvatipuram Manyam District Collector Nishant Kumar, Kurupam MLA Pushpa Srivani and other people’s representatives interacted with the Chief Minister from Sickal Bai village.
The Chief Minister thanked all the officials and public representatives for participating in the virtual interaction and wished them well saying more good things should happen in future.
IT, Electronics and Communications Minister G Amarnath, Chief Secretary K S Jawahar Reddy, IT Secretary K Sasidhar, senior officials and representatives of Jio were present.
