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Articles tagged with: Reliance and Rcom
Reliance Cellular - Gaining Market Share, but at a Price
reliance ended Q1 with 72.7m mobile customers. This compares with 61.3m three months earlier and 45.8m at the end of the fiscal year 07/08, gains of 10.3m and 26.9m respectively. The company claims to be "India's largest integrated communications service provider" but the claim has something of a hollow ring when its numbers are set alongside those of Bharti Airtel. reliance may be integrated, for what that's worth, but it just isn't as big as Bharti, either by revenues or customers. Its customer base of 77m (including Broadband) is less than Bharti's 96.7m, while its revenues - INR61.2bn in this latest quarter – fall well short of Bharti's INR98.2m. more
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RCom Asked to Clarify Kashmir Network Launch Details
India's Department of Telecom (DoT) has questioned reliance Communications (RCom) as to why the network has launched a GSM network in Jammu and Kashmir without clearance from the security services. The DoT has instructed the company to demonstrate that its network can be monitored by the security services. more
Related Tags: department-of-telecom, reliance-communications, kashmir, bsnl, gsm, security, jammu, India
India's Reliance Seeks 100 Million Subscribers by Year-End
India's reliance Communications has set itself a target of breaking the 100 million subscriber mark before the end of this year - requiring an additional 25 million new customers to sign up to its network. The firm reported a surge in subscriptions following the launch of its GSM network, which overlays its existing CDMA service. more
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Nigeria - Total Market Grows to 63m as Penetration Hits 45%
The Nigerian mobile market's bullish growth showed no signs of abating in Q4 08. Quarterly net additions of 7.15m took the total number of customers over 60m, with a year-end figure of 62.99m, while the annual gain stood at 22.59m. By comparison, Q4 07 saw an increase of 3.39m and the 2007 boost was 11.92m. Meanwhile, the latest figures from Nigerian regulator the NCC show that at the end of January the total had risen to 64.16m. more
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Reliance Communications Debt Ratings Affirmed at LAAA
Indian debt ratings agency, ICRA has assigned a long-term rating of LAAA each to the Rs. 30 billion Non-Convertible Debenture (NCD) Programme and the Rs. 100 billion proposed Long-Term Fund-Based Facilities of reliance Communications (RCOM). Further, ICRA has reaffirmed the LAAA rating assigned earlier to the Rs. 201.56 billion Long-Term Fund Based/Non-Fund Based Limits of RCOM. more
Related Tags: itu, reliance-communications, cdma, gsm, icra, debt-ratings, passive-infrastructure, reliance-infratel, presence, India
Nigeria's Bullish Growth Continues in Fourth Quarter
Nigeria's telecoms regulator the NCC has reported customer numbers for the fourth quarter of 2008. The total customer base reached 62.99m at the end of the year having increased by 55.9% annually. On a quarterly basis, net additions stood at 7.15m, only just short of the national and continental record of 7.38m, set in Q2 08. more
Related Tags: mms, etisalat, lte, mtn, cdma, gsm, celtel, ncc, glo-mobile, visafone, Nigeria
Reliance Launches GSM Serivces in Delhi
India's reliance Communications (RCom) has announced the launch of GSM services in Delhi. The launch of reliance Mobile GSM Services in Delhi follows huge response to its GSM Customer Experience Program (CEP) across 11,000 towns in the country. more
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Etisalat in Talks for Tower Sharing with India's Reliance
UAE based Etisalat - which recently took a 45% stake in Indian operator, Swan Telecom - is reported to be in talks with reliance over a network infrastructure sharing agreement for the company's towers. reliance's tower business is managed by a separate company, reliance Infratel. more
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RCom Soft-Launches GSM Network in Indian Cities
India's reliance Communications (RCom) has soft-launched its GSM network in several major cities across the country, with a commercial launch expected within the next couple of months. The service has been launched with employees only - in the cities of Mumbai, Delhi, Gujarat, Punjab Bangalore and Chennai. more
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Indian Operators Warned Over Interconnection Delays
India's telecoms regulator, TRAI has ordered the incumbent GSM operators, including Bharti, Idea, Vodafone, Spice and state controlled BSNL to provide interconnection with reliance Communications' (RCom) new GSM network and report back once they have complied. more
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