Thread: RCom offers unlimited mobile 3G internet access

MUMBAI: Reliance Communications, the country's second-largest telecom firm, said on Wednesday it would offer unlimited internet access to subscribers on their mobile phones at Rs 99 per month.

The offering is part of the company's plans to launch third-generation (3G) services in India, Reliance Communications, controlled by billionaire Anil Ambani, said in a statement.

The company had won key licences to offer 3G services in several regions across India, including Delhi and Mumbai -- the biggest markets in the country, at the end of a government auction in May.

Last week, debt-laden Reliance Communications unveiled plans to sell up to a 26 per cent stake in itself, after India sold licences for 3G wireless services at a price far higher than expected.

On Monday, the company said its board approved a proposal to bring investors into its tower arm and help create an independent tower company.

Originally Posted by sarfaraz1928

MUMBAI: Reliance Communications, the country's second-largest telecom firm, said on Wednesday it would offer unlimited internet access to subscribers on their mobile phones at Rs 99 per month.

The offering is part of the company's plans to launch third-generation (3G) services in India, Reliance Communications, controlled by billionaire Anil Ambani, said in a statement.

The company had won key licences to offer 3G services in several regions across India, including Delhi and Mumbai -- the biggest markets in the country, at the end of a government auction in May.

Last week, debt-laden Reliance Communications unveiled plans to sell up to a 26 per cent stake in itself, after India sold licences for 3G wireless services at a price far higher than expected.

On Monday, the company said its board approved a proposal to bring investors into its tower arm and help create an independent tower company.

If they offer 3g services then what's the speed?
The speed would be very slow as they are charging only 99 rs.!Is it available in up and haryana states too?

if its 3g , its still gonna be higher than 2mbps , ofcource depending on the tower distance and the reception.

i dont think that the service could be that cheap .personally for that type of service i could shell out upto 1000 rs or even more depending on other factors.

At present no service provice other than BSNL-MTNL offers 3G service. The GoI is yet to allocate the 2100 abnd spectrum to Pvt. operators, although tey have received the auction money. Allocation is expected by Sept 2010.

The Rs.99/mth is for 2G GPRS service, similar plans are also offered by Airtel, Aircel and other providers.

Kk... luks like Reliance is abt to launch... This post , says an "employee launch" happened on 24th Nov... Any Reliance ppl here who can gimme some dope on this? I use a Reliance data card and thinking to move to 3G. Do u guys have a 3G data card?

The news is just in that Reliance has launched a portal for R-world, for the upcoming 3G service....which will be powered by Motorcity ...... well if you dont know what Motorcity is all about lemme tell you that this baby has created portals for leading telcos like AT&T, Verizon, Sprint. This sounds fun but all i need to do is wait and watch if Relaince can actually give justice to Motorcity

99 for 3g

day dreaming

Originally Posted by aaron

99 for 3g

day dreaming

dude read the post its not 3g it says its their strategy to roll out 3g to get people to use internet no 3g player can afford such plans with the expensive spectrum allocation that took place last year

reliance 3g data plan are expensive and bsnl 3g not good as giving only 50-60 kbps download..hope reliance will provide some promotional plans for 3g ..

RELIANCE 3G

reliance 3 g had covered my area... shows 3 wcdma tower out of 5.
never tried/.... it is too expensive.. 200mb for rs 200

reliance Must slash down their prices...!!! They are already billionaire.. but if their plans continued to be like this ... no sooner they will be millionaire coz... they had already invested lots of money in 3G auctions...!!!

They should not hurry to get all back..rather just make it to the footsteps of BSNL.. ! a slight more than that

Reliance Must have some unlimited plans if not unlimited let it be 20Gb for 800 or 850 per month .. @ 3.6MBPS no need of 28.8MBPS
reason
1. It will kick back the MTS..who are offering it on 999 for 30GB @3.1 MBPS
2. It will be preffered coz..they have a good 3g network unlike BSNL which have unlimited plan@750 postpaid without even proper coverage.

That what we all user want........ and i m sure of that if reliance do it... they made it.. all their money will be back within a year.

If any reliance sales executive or member read this post..think over it...!! Not a bad plan

not only that, Rcom needs to train their CC agents, talking to a Rcom agent is pathetic. they even does not know that delhi and ghaziabad is in diff states, and new delhi is in delhi. was banging my head two days back when they said E66 is not a 3G supporting handset after telling him that i am able to surf & receive video calls. again, you may make video call to diff service provider [i have tested with Airtel_delhi (yestday), Aircel_assam, BSNL_assam] but they are refused to accept that.

Originally Posted by rock007

RELIANCE 3G
1. It will kick back the MTS..who are offering it on 999 for 30GB @3.1 MBPS

MTS service is CDMA EVDO service. Reliance also has similar service in CDMA, though not as cheap. For the 999 plan, MTS has a FUP of 12 GB, not 30 GB. The CDMA operators were not required to shell out any additional payment for offering EVDO service. But for GSM 3G they has paid hefty additional payments. So GSM 3G can never be as cheap as CDMA EVDO.

Originally Posted by panchabhut

MTS service is CDMA EVDO service. Reliance also has similar service in CDMA, though not as cheap. For the 999 plan, MTS has a FUP of 12 GB, not 30 GB. The CDMA operators were not required to shell out any additional payment for offering EVDO service. But for GSM 3G they has paid hefty additional payments. So GSM 3G can never be as cheap as CDMA EVDO.

MTS also invested millions for new setup of their network.... plan 999 offers 20 GB in FUP


i want to know..is their any plan for reliance 2g unlimited internet