India's Reliance Communications has announced that it will, over the next few days, launch a nationwide GSM/EDGE network. The launch covering 1 billion people in 24,000 towns and 600,000 villages is by far the widest one-time network launch.
Despite the scale, the company says that its project is running 6 months ahead of schedule.
"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".
During the launch in Mumbai, the company announced that Reliance GSM customers will get unlimited calling on Reliance network (both GSM and CDMA) free of charge between 10 pm to 6 am through out Mumbai, Maharashtra and Goa
Posted to the site on 5th January 2009
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