INR 5,000 crore will be spent by the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) of Government of India to ensure cellular connectivity in rural areas across the country. Towards this Ericsson will provide low-cost towers.
These low-cost tower tube being developed by Ericsson is an eco-friendly and cost-effective concept fully encapsulating house base stations. The costs of these low-cost towers, when compared with the existing traditional towers, would be lesser by over 40 per cent in the tube tower.
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