vb86 0 Report post Posted January 24, 2005 Press Trust of India / New Delhi January 24, 2005 Reliance Infocomm today announced it will cover upto four lakh villages and 5700 cities and towns by December 2005 under its new expansion initiative. Announcing the expansion plan, Kamal Nanavati, COO, Reliance Infocomm, said "this massive operation will touch nearly 65 crore Indians. The expansion covers 91% of the country's highways and 85% rail routes." At present, the coverage extends to 1850 cities and towns which will be taken up to 5700 by the year end. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raharsha 0 Report post Posted January 24, 2005 http://www.voicendata.com/content/vndtoday/105012401.asp Debunking the family drama at Reliance Industries, Reliance Infocomm on 24 January 2005 unveiled its expansion plan for the next one year. The CDMA operator plans to empower four lakh villages with telecom connectivity by December 2005. With this coverage, Reliance Infocomm plans to connect almost 65 crore people. "India lives in villages and we are taking our network to them," said Kamal Nanavaty, COO wireless business, Reliance Infocomm. Much of reliance's expansion plan depends on the 80,000 Rkm fiber optic being laid by the group. "Though the expansion would involve both microwave and fiber, our strength would be the 80,000 Rkm of OFC we are planning by end of this project," said V Sridhar, head project control, Reliance Infocomm. Currently reliance has 10.3 million subscribers and covers 1,700 towns and 75,000 villages. This would be ramped up to 5,700 villages. The company would also pass on the benefits of ADC cut to the customers. "Our new tariffs would be in place by 1 February 2005. But our pre-paid rates are already among the lowest," Nanavaty added. Commenting on Wi-Fi and WiMax, Arun Sood, group head, wireless networks, said: "We are evaluating 3G technologies with greater coverage, rather than Wi-Fi and WiMax with limited coverage. We are ready with our EVDO plans and as soon as we get frequency from WPC we would roll out EVDO." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vb86 0 Report post Posted January 24, 2005 what is WPC??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vb86 0 Report post Posted January 24, 2005 found the ans-- Wireless Planning and Coordination Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deepu 0 Report post Posted January 25, 2005 Who said only BSNL was providing service to villages!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
