Devesh
Core Member
India’s largest private enterprise Reliance Industries has already said its telecom arm will launch 4G LTE (long term evolution, a technology standard) commercial services at “substantially lower” rates than rivals, setting the stage for a bruising tariff war.
“During the year, Reliance Jio moved towards the completion of its network infrastructure as well as business services and platforms. We on-boarded over 1.5 million test users, who have been using the services extensively. This has enabled testing of the network, user applications and services and business platforms. The feedback from test users is extremely encouraging,” Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani said in the annual report for 2015-16 released on 4 August.
“The test programme will be progressively upgraded into commercial operations in the coming months,” Ambani said.
However, R-Jio’s “test programme” has already resulted in it locking horns with industry body, the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), over the pilots.
On 8 August, COAI wrote to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), alleging that R-Jio is expanding the scope of the ongoing test-phase of its launch by tapping corporate customers.
Accusing Trai of adopting “unfair” policies to favour new entrants, including R-Jio, COAI approached the Prime Minister’s Office, too, to get relief.
On 10 August, R-Jio countered with a letter to Trai and COAI, explaining that it needs to expand its customer base to test its network. It added that the allegations made by the lobby were aimed at sabotaging its launch.
Reliance Jio Infocomm still the joker in telecom pack - Livemint
“During the year, Reliance Jio moved towards the completion of its network infrastructure as well as business services and platforms. We on-boarded over 1.5 million test users, who have been using the services extensively. This has enabled testing of the network, user applications and services and business platforms. The feedback from test users is extremely encouraging,” Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani said in the annual report for 2015-16 released on 4 August.
“The test programme will be progressively upgraded into commercial operations in the coming months,” Ambani said.
However, R-Jio’s “test programme” has already resulted in it locking horns with industry body, the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), over the pilots.
On 8 August, COAI wrote to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), alleging that R-Jio is expanding the scope of the ongoing test-phase of its launch by tapping corporate customers.
Accusing Trai of adopting “unfair” policies to favour new entrants, including R-Jio, COAI approached the Prime Minister’s Office, too, to get relief.
On 10 August, R-Jio countered with a letter to Trai and COAI, explaining that it needs to expand its customer base to test its network. It added that the allegations made by the lobby were aimed at sabotaging its launch.
Reliance Jio Infocomm still the joker in telecom pack - Livemint
