Idea Idea to launch 4G in six circles

[Technoglitch]

Reliance jio got a different spectrum band in auction which failed during the test period and hence it is hoping to share the bands with Rcomm and MTS.

 

[IndianMascot]

Really, so the entire spectrum which they won is waste

 

[Technoglitch]

Yeah, I read somewhere that the spectrum 1800 has practical difficulties.

 

[IndianMascot]

But Airtel is operating on 1800 MHz only.

 

[Technoglitch]

Let me once again search and tell you..

 

[IndianMascot]

Yeah pls. This seems interesting.

 

[Technoglitch]

i was wrong, it is 2300 MHz band

Yeah pls. This seems interesting.

The reason it could not launch 4G services yet are manifold. Firstly, the spectrum - 2300-MHz band - it acquired in 2010 was not ideal for 4G. Bands like 700 MHz (not available at the moment in India), 800 MHz and 1800 MHz are better options as compared to 2300 MHz. To put it simply, a 4G network built purely on the 2300-MHz band requires many more towers than a network built on the 800-MHz band. The lower the band, the less tower installations it requires. Hence, 2300 MHz would require higher amount of investments, and still struggle with giving good user experience. So, the initial testing with this band of spectrum turned out to be a disappointment for RJio.

The RJio-RCom equation: Why Mukesh needs Anil more than Anil needs Mukesh - Business Today

 

[IndianMascot]

This was an old logic and it was very mush right.

Now on RCOm frequency of 850 MHz, 4G gonna score high.

 

[Technoglitch]

So rcomm got new freq?

 

[IndianMascot]

They are on 850 since beginning. I am talking about their CDMA network