Fishermen from Kerala can heave a sigh of relief, as BSNL is considering extending mobile network coverage into the Arabian Sea. The telecom major has expressed plans to increase its reach up to 20 nautical miles into the sea along the entire Kerala coastline, from the current 5-km reach which is in place. As of now though, the coastal mobile towers were restricted to the current prescribed limit, due to radiation-related stipulations. BSNL plans to work around to this issue by directing signals into the sea, away from the thickly populated hamlets surrounding the towers.

Recently, two fishermen from the state lost their lives to bullets from the Italian ship Enrica Lexie...