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Reliance Jio, the latest telecom company to enter the market, has started its fiber to home operations in Chennai — making the southern city only the third telecom zone to experience the service, after Mumbai and Gujarat. The address of JioFiber has been given as 2nd Floor, Prestige Palladium Bayan, Greems Road, Chennai 2. The offer promises a speed of 100 Mbps, and states that a 5 GB true-HD movie will download in less than seven minutes on the connection. source

List of CDMA+GSM handsets currently available in the market are given here for those are looking for one: Samsung W259 Samsung Duos W169 Samsung Guru Dual W139 Micromax GC400 Micromax Q35 Micromax GC360 Micromax GC256 Motorola XT800 ZHISHANG Karbonn KC999 Spice D5555 If there is any new CDMA+GSM handset available the please add in this topic.

Latest news on RCom-MTS merger Tata in early talks to join RCom-Mts-Aircel merger http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/57240565.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

The second heading in "General Chat" Is it Longue or should be Lounge ?

Samsung Galaxy J3 http://www.samsung.com/in/consumer/mobile-devices/smartphones/galaxy-j/SM-J320FZDDINS

If 1.5GB RAM is OK for you LG-K332 is the phone for you. Look no further http://www.lg.com/in/mobile-phones/lg-K332

Your new sim is likely to be activated by 30/06/2016

List of phones supporting Band 3, 5 and 40 from gsmarena website. One plus 3, One Plus X, One Plus 2 Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7, J1 Ace, J2, J5, J7, S6, S7, Note 5,Grand Prime, Note 4, On5, On7. Moto G4 Plus, G4, XPlay Lenovo VibeK4 Note, ZukZ2, Zuk Z2Pro, Vibe P1m, Vibe X3, Phab2 Pro Oppo F1, F1 Plus, Neo 7,R9Plus Sony Xperia X, XA, Z3, Z5, M4Aqua, M5, C5 ultra LeEco Le2, LeMax2 Huawei P9, P9 Lite, Mate 8, Nexus 6P,P8 Asus Zenfone 3 ZE 552KL, ZS570KL, ZU680KL, ZC550KL LG G4, G5, Nexus 5X HTC 10, OneM9, One A9,Desire 630 Vivo V3 Max Yu Yunicorn Check for VoLTE capability for complete performance

RCom gets nod to launch 4G services The first 12 circles are Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Kolkata, Maharashtra, Punjab, east and west Uttar Pradesh, Mumbai, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar Subscribers of Reliance Communications' CDMA devices, who have a 4G SIM, will now be able to access the service as the company had received the legal intercept and monitoring (LIM) approval from the department of telecom in 12 out of 22 circles. The first 12 circles are Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Kolkata, Maharashtra, Punjab, east and west Uttar Pradesh, Mumbai, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar. RCom is in the process of shutting down its CDMA services and has offered subscribers to move to its 4G services since May this year. However, the telecom service provider has not been able to activate the service due to the pending LIM approval. While the company has got the approval for 12 circles, it is expecting to get the requisite approvals for the remaining six circles shortly. Approval in the remaining four circles (Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan) will take another at least 45 days, as Reliance Communications liberalized its spectrum in these four circles only last month. RCom has been attempting to wean its five million CDMA customers to Jio's 4G LTE network since May. While the users will continue to be RCom subscribers, the network will be powered by Jio's all-IP based next generation network. While the low-ARPU customers have already migrated to the company's 2G services, the high end consumers have not been able to experience the service as the company had not got the requisite approvals. With this approval, RCOM can now begin the process of moving its high-ARPU data customers to the shared Reliance Jio 4G LTE network. source

2g/3g Gsm services on your 4G sim will be activated by 30th June 2016

Reliance Jio 4G LTE services commercial launch expected by September 2016 source

Instead of porting to Idea, Vodafone, Airtel and BSNL better wait for RJio MNP

Intex Aqua 4G LTE + VoLTE (Dual SIM) source

If you are asking for Bangalore circle End of June 2016 I suppose

RCom – Aircel merger talks may conclude in July source Read this Once the due diligence is over, RCom will carve out its wireless business and merge it with Aircel’s wireless business, which will result in a new brand, the report said. Aircel has spectrum to offer 3G in 13 markets while RCom has it in 11 circles in the country. The new entity, if formed, will gain from Reliance Jio’s 4G spectrum and help to offer broadband services without spending huge capex and opex on network and spectrum. A merger of the wireless businesses of RCom and Aircel will also help RCom expand its GSM services in West Bengal, Bihar and Assam, where it did not win back its 900 MHz spectrum in the March 2015 auctions, according to agency ICRA.

CDMA was good so far, but moving to GSM / 4G LTE has its own advantages Latest technology Availability of good gsm handsets Swap of sim possible with other gsm handsets Faster data transfer speed compared to RevB possible Compatible with International networks

They are issuing 4G sim in TN. My assumption is by end of June 2016 they would shut down CDMA in Chennai.

I was not able to get one info clearly. That is "After upgrading from CDMA to RCom 4G will voice,data and sms tariff remain same as CDMA?" or it will be new tariff ?

ZTE plans manufacturing unit in India to introduce VoLTE smartphones. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/hardware/zte-plans-manufacturing-unit-in-india-to-introduce-volte-smartphones/articleshow/52352942.cms The interesting part in this article is that it mentions ZTE has supplied 6 lakh handsets to LYF. LYF is also sourcing from CK Telecom Wingtech Tinno

Just like Ringing Bells another phone company is offering 3G Smart phone for Rs99 4G phone for Rs 1999 Just for information http://namotel.in/index.html

K Deepanji, Which handset you are using with RJio sim- if you don't mind telling ?

LYF has launched two more phones Wind 4 and Flame2 Wind 4 https://www.mylyf.com/wind-4 Flame 2 https://www.mylyf.com/flame-2#section2

Will Sign 2G Roaming Pact With RJio, Vodafone This Month: BSNL State-owned BSNL is in advanced talks with Reliance Jio and Vodafone for signing a 2G roaming agreement this month. "We are in advanced stages for signing 2G intra-circle roaming agreement with Reliance Jio and Vodafone. I believe agreement with them should be signed this month," BSNL chairman and managing director Anupam Shrivastava told PTI. Under the agreement, customers of Reliance Jio and Vodafone will get access to BSNL network where there is a coverage gap. The state-run firm has deep presence in rural areas as other companies have invested very conservatively due to low return on investments. Once the agreement is finalised, BSNL customers will also have access to the networks of Reliance Jio and Vodafone. In terms of mobile base stations, BSNL stands second in the country. It has around 1.14 lakh and is in process of installing another 21,000 mobile towers. http://profit.ndtv.com/news/corporates/article-will-sign-2g-roaming-pact-with-rjio-vodafone-this-month-bsnl-1404089

Official news on upgrade to 4G on RCom website Existing Reliance CDMA Voice / Datacard customers can get their 4G SIM from nearest Reliance Store. Upgrade to 4G & get FREE 10GB 4G data post upgrading to 4G Reliance Mobile Postpaid From your existing CDMA SIM, SMS 4G < space >19 digit SIM number of the new 4G SIM to 1299. Alternatively, you can also call on 1299 from your CDMA mobile and enter your new 19-digit 4G SIM number. You will get a confirmation SMS about your 4G SIM upgrade. Reliance Mobile Prepaid Recharge your existing CDMA connection with the 4G upgrade recharge. To know the upgrade recharge value please click here . After recharging, from your existing CDMA SIM, SMS 4G < space > 19 digit SIM number of the new 4G SIM to 1299. Alternatively, you can also call on 1299 from your CDMA mobile and enter your new 19-digit 4G SIM number. You will get a confirmation SMS about your 4G SIM upgrade. Read more here http://www.rcom.co.in/Rcom/personal/4G/4G_overview.html

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