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RCOM TO OFFER MOST AFFORDABLE INTERNET ACCESS ACROSS COUNTRY
RCOM to usher in Internet revolution enabling Wire Free India.
* Largest rollout of affordable Wireless Internet access service in India
* Unlimited internet for Rs. 169 only
* Available across 24,000 towns and 600,000 villages
* Move in line with the vision to make India Wire free
Mumbai, March 24, 2011: Reliance Communications, India's foremost and truly integrated
telecommunications service provider, today unveiled its path breaking initiative to break the price
barrier for internet access for billions of Indians across 24,000 towns and 600,000 villages. In the largest
roll out of affordable wireless internet service across the length and breadth of the country, Reliance
slashed the cost of Reliance Netconnect USB stick modem to Rs 1099/- and offers unlimited data usage
at affordable tariff of just Rs 169/- only for prepaid users. This plan has been launched across the
country except the top 1000 towns.
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RCOM led India’s first telecom revolution by making a phone call more affordable. It is now leading
the second wave by making India a WireFree country, where every Indian has access to internet at the
click of mouse or the press of a key. This is in line with Reliance’s vision to usher in digital revolution by
making the telecom services available to the countrymen while offering them at the most affordable
prices.
While major cities have benefitted by the growth in latest technology, semi-urban and rural areas have
by and large been left behind in the IT wave. Many parts of India are still under penetrated in terms of
internet usage. Reliance launches its new offering ‘City Unlimited’ which comes with truly unlimited
data usage and internet access, within the same city with wireless internet speed of up to 153 kbps.
These cities where this plan is available is mapped to over 1700 STD codes.
“The availability of internet service and the initial hardware cost has been a deterrent to drive the
internet penetration in our country. Internet penetration all over India stands at less than 2% and
although driving internet penetration across the country beyond major cities is a key priority for us,
affordable internet penetration will also enable economic prosperity for our countrymen. Reliance
has once again rewritten the rules of the industry by offering an unbeatable proposition in terms of
coverage, quality, service breadth and, above all, value for money” said Mahesh Prasad, President –
Wireless Business, Reliance Communications.
There remains abundant headroom for data growth since many regions of the country are still
significantly under penetrated and unwired. RCOM‘s strategy is to reach this unconnected hinterland,
giving millions of Indians affordable internet usage. In these parts of the country, PC penetration
is increasing with the popularity of music and movies online, social networking and email. Dial up
network or poor GPRS connectivity are the only options available for internet access and the customer
experience is very poor on account of poor network quality and lower speeds.
‘City Unlimited’ makes the internet access very affordable, but, more importantly provides the speed
with unlimited data usage for using various internet applications. The service plan is targeted at small/
medium businesses, students and homemakers. RCOM’s network presence provides competitive edge
of diverse technology and nationwide reach of internet access for everyone.
About Reliance Communications
Reliance Communications Limited founded by the late Shri Dhirubhai H Ambani (1932-2002) is the
flagship company of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group. The Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani
Group currently has a net worth in excess of Rs. 64,000 crore (US$ 13.6 billion), cash flows of Rs. 13,000
crore (US$ 2.8 billion), net profit of Rs. 8,400 crore (US$ 1.8 billion).
Reliance Communications is India's foremost and truly integrated telecommunications service provider.
The Company, with a customer base of over 132.2 million including over 2.5 million individual overseas
retail customers, ranks among the Top 4 Telecom companies in the world by number of customers in
a single country. Reliance Communications corporate clientele includes 2,100 Indian and multinational
corporations, and over 800 global, regional and domestic carriers.
Reliance Communications has established a pan-India, next generation, integrated (wireless and
wireline), convergent (voice, data and video) digital network that is capable of supporting best-of-class
services spanning the entire communications value chain, covering over 24,000 towns and 600,000
villages. Reliance Communications owns and operates the world's largest next generation IP enabled
connectivity infrastructure, comprising over 277,000 kilometers of fibre optic cable systems in India,
USA, Europe, Middle East and the Asia Pacific region.
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