Reliance Communications

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Reliance Communications Ltd.
Public company
Traded as NSERCOM
BSE532712
Industry Telecommunications
Founded 2002[1]
Founder Anil Ambani
Headquarters Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Area served
India
Key people
Anil Ambani (President)
Vinod Sawhny(CEO)[2]
Revenue 218 billion (US$3.2 billion) (2013)[3]
6.72 billion (US$100 million) (2013)[3]
Total assets 902 billion (US$13 billion) (2013)[3]
Members 109.90 million[4] (April 2015)
Number of employees
8,500 (2015)[3]
Parent Reliance Group
Subsidiaries Reliance Globalcom Limited
Reliance Big TV Limited
Reliance Telecom Limited
Reliance Infratel Limited
Website www.rcom.co.in

Reliance Communications Ltd. (RCOM) is an Indian Internet access and telecommunications company headquartered in Navi Mumbai, India. It provides CDMA (CDMA2000, 1xRTT, EV-DO), GSM (Voice, 2G, 3G) mobile services, fixed line broadband and voice services, DTH depending upon the areas of operation. Reliance Communications is the fourth largest telecom operator in India with 109.90 million subscribers as of June 2015.[4] Established in 2002, it is a subsidiary of Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group. Reliance Communication IT Support is provided by Reliance Tech Services and Telecom network is maintained and operated by Ericsson, transmission towers are maintained by its subsidiary Reliance Infratel.

In November 2015, Reliance Communications entered into an agreement to acquire MTS India.

Mobile services

In 2002, it launched CDMA Operations in 22 circles and became a pan India operator. In 2008, Reliance Communications launched GSM. In the 2010 spectrum auction, Reliance Communications paid 58,642.9 million for 3G spectrum in 13 circles Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Punjab, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, Assam, North East and Jammu & Kashmir.[5]

On 25 May 2012, RCom announced a price reduction of 61% on its 3G services.[6] In 2011, Reliance provided up to 28 Mbit/s data rate in India with its MIMO technology.[7] On 31 January 2013, Reliance announced its partnership with Lenovo to market co-branded smartphones in India.[8] The smartphones were said to use the Android operating system and have dual-core processors.[8] In 2015, it launched CDMA in REV. B technology in non 3G circles.

Network coverage

Reliance Communications operates in 22 telecom circles and offers services on GSM and CDMA platforms. Mobile services are available in the following telecom circles:

Telecom circle CDMA 2G 3G
Andhra Pradesh & Telangana Yes Yes No
Assam Yes No Yes
Bihar & Jharkhand Yes No Yes
Delhi Yes Yes Yes
Uttar Pradesh (East) Yes Yes Yes
Gujarat Yes Yes No
Haryana Yes Yes No
Himachal Pradesh Yes Yes Yes
Jammu and Kashmir Yes Yes Yes
Karnataka Yes Yes No
Kerala Yes Yes No
Kolkata Yes Yes Yes
Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh Yes Yes Yes
Maharashtra & Goa Yes Yes No
Mumbai Yes Yes Yes
North-East Yes Yes Yes
Odisha Yes Yes Yes
Punjab Yes Yes Yes
Rajasthan Yes Yes Yes
Tamil Nadu Yes Yes Yes(under 3G ICR with Aircel)
West Bengal Yes No Yes
Uttar Pradesh (West) Yes Yes Yes

Subsidiaries

Reliance Telecom Limited (RTL) operates in Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, kolkata Himachal Pradesh, Odisha, Bihar, Assam and the northeast of India. It first offered GSM services in January 2003.[9] Reliance Tech Services is the IT services wing of Reliance ADAG. It provides IT consultancy, business process outsourcing and software development for Reliance Communications and other ADA group companies. Reliance Globalcom owns the Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe undersea cable system and RIDC provides Internet data centre (IDC) services located in Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai. Reliance Communications also acquired FLAG Telecom, Yipes ethernet service, Digicable and Vanco.

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