Reliance Communications, which had earmarked around Rs 6,000 crore (Rs 60 billion) for GSM operations, has commenced the soft launch of its GSM services across major cities in the country. The company is slated to officially launch the services in the next eight to 10 weeks, starting with the Mumbai and Delhi circles.
The Anil Ambani group company has soft-launched the service in Mumbai, Delhi, Gujarat, Punjab Bangalore and Chennai. The company has provided GSM phones to its employees for testing the service, according to sources.
The largest circles in terms of mobile usage -- Mumbai and Delhi -- went live on September 28 with the company issuing around 10,000 test SIM cards to its employees. RCom has installed over 2,500 towers in these two circles and invested around Rs 800 crore (Rs 8 million) each for the purpose.