Tag "RCom"

Reliance Communications sells its wireless assets to Reliance Jio

MUMBAI, INDIA: Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications (RCom) has signed an agreement to sell its wireless assets to Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIL), a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL). The deal consideration comprises cash payment and includes transfer

Reliance Communications to shut down voice calling from December 1

By : CIOL Writers

Anil Ambani led Reliance Communications (RCom) is going to shut down its voice calling services from December 1 and all its customers must move to other networks by December 31, according to a direction issued by telecom regulator Telecom Regulatory

Vodafone gains 4.7 crore new customers through MNP

By : CIOL Writers

After all the complaints about the poor network, call drops, Vodafone finally has some bit of good news in its kitty. The telecom major has been the top gainer of customers through Mobile Number Portability (MNP) facility while Reliance Communications

RCom customers get access to IBM IaaS

BANGALORE, INDIA: IBM is working to offer a complete portfolio of Infrastructure as a Service(IaaS) offerings to Reliance Communications’ client base of over 115 million, including over 39,000 large enterprises and SMBs across industries. Besides IaaS, it has also launched

RCOM and Aircel in merger talks: Why it makes sense?

MUMBAI, INDIA: Reliance Communications is into a non-binding but exclusive talks for a potential merger of its wireless business with rival Aircel, said the company. It has entered into a 90-day exclusivity period with the shareholders of Aircel- Maxis Communications

RCOM rolls out content and cloud delivery network in India

NEW DELHI, INDIA: Reliance Communications has announced the deployment of Cloud Xchange (Cloud X) nodes in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad. Cloud X is uniquely designed to deliver not only infrastructure provisioning in a few clicks, but the deployment of

Can this be for real – RCom and MTS marriage?

By : Soma Tah

Thomas George Reliance Communications (RCom) looking ahead to get hitched with Sistema Shyam Telecom Limited (MTS), is certainly going to be an interesting development for the Indian telecom industry. Going by the global trend, it’s now clear that there can be

RCOM might have to shut operations in few circles after recent spectrum auction

By : Soma Tah

Thomas George The slugfest for spectrum just got over after 19 days of rigorous bidding. Telecom service providers are now taking a breather, after a grueling time of bidding for their pound of spectrum. The spectrum auction helped the incumbents

Spectrum auction: Aggressive bidding might happen for select circles

BANGALORE, INDIA: The spectrum auction today is likely to see intense bidding by exisiting telcos along with the new entrant, Reliance Jio. According to Fitch Ratings estimates, telcos are likely to commit at least USD13bn in the auctions – over 75%

Facebook, RCom team up to offer free Internet access

BANGALORE, INDIA: Facebook’s Internet.org app will now be available in India, offering a set of basic services including health, education, finance, jobs, search, communication and local information. Facebook has joined hands with Reliance Communications(RCom) for this. Reliance customers in six