Telecom service providers have
installed 65,000 cellular sites in the last six months in 2G and 3G services
across the country to arrest call dropping.
"During the last six months,
around 20,000 additional sites have been added for 2G (GSM) and around 45,000 sites have been added for 3G services," communications
and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad informed the Lok Sabha, he also said the
government has actively worked in recent months to reduce the instances of call
drops and further improve the quality of mobile network coverage. The
government has continued to facilitate the availability of government land and
buildings for further installations by the service providers and has been
creating awareness to dispel the potential fear due to EMF (electro-magnetic
field) radiations on human health.