Reliance ropes in SK C&C for its 3G roll-out

NEW DELHI, INDIA: SK C&C India, an affiliate company of Fortune 100 conglomerate SK Group, andReliance Communications (RCOM) today announced that they have entered into a partnership agreement to facilitate the roll-out of network and services on next generation 3G / 4G platform.

Reliance will utilize the knowledge and expertise of SK C&C, a systems service provider to SK Telecom, to build IP backbone network to process voice communication and data and develop plans to optimize the design of base stations for efficient linkage, said a press release.

Under the agreement, Reliance will have access to the know-how and knowledge of the 'best practice' at SK Telecom to enhance the quality of its services by building a high-capacity, integrated (wireless and wire line) and convergent (voice, data and video) digital network for 3G Network and WiMax.

“We are quite excited about this partnership with Reliance ADA Group and looking to build a deeper relationship for a wide range of cooperation in areas of technology and operations in the 3G environment.

This agreement is a significant step in that direction,” commented Manish Prakash, head, International Business, SK C&C (Korea). Senior executives at Reliance are highly optimistic of the new partnership and believe that it shall be the stepping stone to a long standing relationship.

With 3G services, a new world of communication will unfold where mobile phone users will be able to chat with their friends in remote places while looking at their faces, and also watch movies, music videos, and use the Internet to transfer money through mobile banking service. 3G mobile communication uses 2 Giga Hertz waves with transmission speed ranging from 128Kbps to 2Mbps enabling the users to exchange moving pictures.

Founded in 1953, SK Group claims to be the third largest conglomerate in Korea with diverse interests in Information and Communication, Energy and Trading and Engineering sectors.