{"id":987222,"date":"2026-01-22T11:32:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T06:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=987222"},"modified":"2026-01-22T11:32:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T06:02:45","slug":"airtel-becomes-first-telco-to-offer-improved-mobile-connectivity-on-vidyasagar-setu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/01\/22\/airtel-becomes-first-telco-to-offer-improved-mobile-connectivity-on-vidyasagar-setu\/","title":{"rendered":"Airtel becomes first telco to offer improved mobile connectivity on Vidyasagar Setu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bharti Airtel is the first telecom company to improve mobile network coverage on Vidyasagar Setu (Second Hooghly Bridge). This is a well-known bridge that connects the cities of Kolkata and Howrah. The company has set up more than 5,250 new network sites across West Bengal over the last 3 years, delivering faster speeds, more exhaustive coverage, and a significantly improved network experience for customers. This deployment ensures uninterrupted voice and data services for thousands of commuters who cross the bridge daily, reinforcing Airtel&#8217;s commitment to connectivity, even in challenging environments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bharti Airtel is the first telecom company to improve mobile network coverage on Vidyasagar Setu (Second Hooghly Bridge). This is a well-known bridge that connects the cities of Kolkata and Howrah. The company has set up more than 5,250 new network sites across West Bengal over the last 3 years, delivering faster speeds, more exhaustive coverage, and a significantly improved network experience for customers. This deployment ensures uninterrupted voice and data services for thousands of commuters who cross the bridge daily, reinforcing Airtel&#8217;s commitment to connectivity, even in challenging environments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,88,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-987222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-telecom-the-times-of-india","category-the-times-of-india"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=987222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987222\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=987222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=987222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=987222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}