Reliance Communications India’s second-largest mobile-phone company launches GSM service nationwide in over 11,000 towns initially covering over 1 billion people.
Reliance Communications who currently operates in CDMA domain is the flagship company of ADAG (Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group). Reliance CDMA services claim to have the highest voice quality in comparison with the competitors in the same domain. The company, with a customer base of over 60 million including over 1.7 million individual overseas retail customers, ranks among the Top 10 Telecom companies in the world by number of customers in a single country. Reliance Communications corporate clientele includes 2,100 Indian and multinational corporations, and over 800 global, regional and domestic carriers.
Reliance Communications has established a pan-India, next generation, integrated (wireless and wireline), convergent (voice, data and video) digital network that is capable of supporting best-of-class services spanning the entire communications value chain, covering over 20,000 towns and 450,000 villages. Reliance Communications owns and operates the world's largest next generation IP enabled connectivity infrastructure, comprising over 175,000 kilometers of fibre optic cable systems in India, USA, Europe, Middle East and the Asia Pacific region.
“In 2003, Reliance changed the face of the telecom sector in India”, said Mr. Anil Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Communications. “Through our nationwide GSM launch coupled with Reliance’s continued focus on our No. 1 CDMA network, we will once again endeavor to re-write the rules of the industry by offering our customers an unbeatable proposition across coverage, quality, service breadth, handset range and above all, value”.
The launch is by far the widest one-time launch by a telecom service provider in India, but despite the scale, the project is running 6 months ahead of schedule.
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Next-gen electronics for super digital voice clarity
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Seamless coverage on major railway routes, national and state highways through dedicated mobile towers
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Access to a Reliance owned fibre network for unlimited capacity – both in India and overseas, resulting in unmatched quality on local, STD or ISD calls
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Nationwide enhanced EDGE for fastest internet access speeds
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Stutter-free video capability including 16 TV channels, sports updates as well as access to popular video sharing websites like Youtube
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Widest R-World® mobile content offering entertainment, music, news, cricket, bollywood, maps and search
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One-click set-up and access to email and social networking offering communication convenience of a PC
With the launch of its enhanced GSM service, Reliance’s customers will be able to use the widest range of over 250 handsets and devices compared to any other operator in India. Reliance’s customers can now roam on more networks globally in more than 200 countries – offering the widest choice available to customers in India. |
