LOK SABHA
As many as 327 INMARSAT
Mini-M Satellite Terminals are working as Village Public Telephones
(VPTs) on INMARSAT satellite. These are being deployed in the
most remote and isolated areas of the country in Jammu and Kashmir,
North East and Andaman and Nicobar Islands etc. where no other
terrestrial technology is feasible.
The above information
was given by the Minister of State for Communications and Information
Technology, Smt. Sumitra Mahajan in a written reply to a question
raised by Shri P.R. Khunte in the Lok Sabha today.
