Bharti Airtel, India’s 2nd largest private telecom operator, enhances its network in and around the venue of the 48th International Book Fair in Kolkata that starts on 28th January. The company has installed 5 dedicated sites at the Boimela Prangan in Salt Lake City which will help offer seamless connectivity to all book lovers coming to the 48th International Book Fair in Kolkata.

The Kolkata Book Fair is one of the largest congregations across India for Book enthusiasts and is bound to face network connectivity challenges as the enthusiasts swarm the Book Fair in uncontrollable crowds. As this unfolds network connectivity is bound to suffer, but with Airtel all new installations in Salt Lake City, you can experience an all-connected International Book Fair This time.  

International Book Fair, Kolkata: Crowd of Millions 

As Asia's largest and the world's third-largest annual gathering, this event is expected to draw millions of literary aficionados from different walks of life to be a part of this 13-day event. This makes it challenging for the telcos to maintain perpetual connectivity for the entire event as the pressure on network bandwidth increases owing to the record influx. 

Read about Airtel's other big achievements at: Airtel’s network connectivity reaches Bandipore, Kupwara, and Baramulla with the Indian Army’s assistance

Bharti Airtel had previously partnered with the Indian Army to bring connectivity to villages in the Kupwara, Baramulla, and Bandipore districts along the Line of Control in North Kashmir. It is one of the leading network service providers in India with around 620 million users, as per the data in March 2024