Reliance Communications (RCOM) has
earmarked Rs.2,000 crore for Mumbai and Delhi circles and Rs.6,000 crore for the
rest of the country to provide GSM operations in 23 circles soon. Currently the
company has GSM operations in 8 circles mainly in Eastern India.
It is learnt that the company have
worked out an operational model for its GSM foray and the training process is
expected by December 2006 with marketing campaign by early-2007
Reliance Communications has already
applied to the government for allocation of spectrum for 23 circles and
has a set target of 8 crore new GSM connections across the 23 circles by
end-2007.
the expansion expansion of GSM service
will entirely depend on the availability and allocation of spectrum by the
Department of Telecommunications.