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Airtel to install 2000 mobile sites to provide connectivity in North East villages
New Delhi, Dec 10 (ANI): Bharti Airtel on Sunday signed an agreement with telecom department and Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) to facilitate providing network to 2100 uncovered villages in North Eastern states of India. The focus is to provide networks to uncovered villages and national highways in the states of Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Sikkim, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh. Airtel is targeting to install 2000 mobile towers in the region in next 18 months. The towers will also enable other telecom services to provide network.