fees over 186 telecom towers across the city have been sealed by the municipalities permissions for installation of 3887 towers are also pending with the five urban government bodies he revealedinternet access is in no better condition in the ookla speed test global index indias mobile data speed ranks 128th in the world pallav jain an entrepreneur living near munirka needs heavy internet usage for his work of creating websites and digital modules while i mostly work with wifi i hardly utilised 5gb of my 20gb data pack because of the poor accessibility he said glumly i finally changed my operator and ported my number it seems that operators are able to offer better services only in some areas which is not acceptable in a capital citydelhi has an estimated 16680km of optical fibre crisscrossing the city telecom operators reported hindrances to expanses pointing out among other problems the varying rules and procedures for cable laying and the nonuniform charges that range from rs1525 lakhkm under the municipal corporations to rs 2630 lakh in the new delhi municipal council areas as also the way leave charges introduced by the corporationsthe use of signal boosters by exasperated consumers has only degraded network access for entire localities kochar said over 30 of all cell tower sites 8000 towers in delhincr were affected by high interference from illegal boosters and repeaters across all bands this is causing 7to10 times increase in call drops and blocked calls claimed kochar although present across delhincr the density of boosters is very high in laxmi nagar geeta colony sarita vihar vasant kunj vasant vihar saket chandni chowk adarsh nagar and punjabi bagh in some areas like laxmi nagar pg hostels even advertise availability of network booster a facility offered to lodgerslast week toi reported how the union telecom ministrys wireless monitoring organisation removed around 20 signal boosters in sant nagar and east of kailash wmo has removed around 400 mobile signal boosters in delhi in this year an official said another official had described the practice of using boosters akin to illegal pumps sucking water from the main water supply line leading to shortage for all otherskochar added the telecom companies that invested billions of dollars on spectrum and this is being hit the government and other authorities must act in the interest of the customer and the industry an attempt has been made to boost infrastructure with cell towers on wheels cow but these are facing the resistance of residents who fear exposure to radiation there are 400 cows installed across delhi to boost network connectivity the installation of cow is costly but we do it to resolve the connectivity problem said a telecom company representative with mobile telephony an integral part of life and now moving towards 5g technology what can be done to improve delhis situation coai argues for an easier right of way policy to help telecom companies expand infrastructure currently there are multiple layers of approvals and complex requirements for sites and