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Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Vodafone, signed an agreement today for 2G Intra-circle roaming to use each other’s assets that will ensure both providers have better connectivity in all areas leading to better customer great customer experience.

This pact will ensure Vodafone 2G network is reached to rural areas with the help of BSNL that has more coverage in rural areas and BSNL can also reach to urban people providing a better network with Vodafone. BSNL has over 1,14,000 towers in the country whereas Vodafone has over 1,37,000 towers.

Mr. Anupam Shrivastava, Chairman & Managing Director, BSNL said, “We continue to expand our network across the country with more sites and sharing infrastructure with other telecom service providers. This partnering with Vodafone will help us make our network coverage better, especially in urban areas, enabling our customers to have a better experience of our services.”

Speaking about this strategic partnering, Mr. Sunil Sood, MD & CEO, Vodafone India, said, “We want our hundreds of million customers to consistently enjoy a superior network experience and remain confidently connected, at all times, for all their voice and data needs. We made significant investments to expand, enhance and upgrade our network, making Vodafone SuperNet™ our best network ever, world-class and future-fit. This partnering with BSNL will further strengthen the reach of our network especially in the hinterland of the country and surrounding rural areas.”

So, it is moreover beneficial to customers of both the companies where they lack in network connectivity issues. Specially BSNL customers can be benefited as they face more network issues generally. Subscribers can now talk with low tariffs from BSNL network.

Let us know your experience in network connectivity if you are using BSNL or Vodafone.