India Strengthens Telecom with Major Initiatives

• 18 Jan 2025

On 17th January 2025, Union Minister announced transformative telecom projects, including the Sanchar Saathi Mobile App, National Broadband Mission (NBM) 2.0, and Intra Circle Roaming (ICR) at DBN-funded 4G sites.

• The Sanchar Saathi Mobile App empowers users to combat telecom fraud, verify mobile handset authenticity, and block lost or stolen devices on both Android and iOS platforms.
• National Broadband Mission (NBM) 2.0 aims to extend optical fiber connectivity to 270,000 villages, improve broadband speeds to 100 Mbps, and ensure 30% sustainable energy use for mobile towers by 2030.
• The initiative also plans to connect 90% of key institutions like schools and healthcare centers while reducing Right of Way application disposal time to 30 days by 2030.
• The introduction of Intra Circle Roaming at 27,000 DBN-funded 4G towers will provide seamless connectivity in over 35,000 villages, benefiting rural and remote regions.
• The Sanchar Saathi initiative has disconnected 2.75 crore fraudulent connections, recovered 25 lakh lost devices, and reduced spoofed calls through its International Incoming Spoofed Calls Prevention System.