Reliance to Offer 4G Data Services in India by mid-2012

[A Guy]

NEW DELHI: Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries plans to offer high-speed data services on attractively priced tablets by early next year and scale it up to a countrywide network by the middle of 2012.

The company, which made a comeback to telecom last year, plans to offer fourth-generation or 4G-enabled data cards that can be plugged into computers and laptops, apart from providing tablets at a game-changing price of 3,000 or even lower to hook customers, two executives familiar with the development said.

RIL has also initiated talks with media and entertainment companies, including Walt Disney's Indian venture UTV Software, to acquire content for its wireless broadband offerings. A deal with Walt Disney, which is close to being finalised, will enable the company to offer games, entertainment and applications for the younger customers.


It plans to provide data connectivity with speeds of 50-100 Mbps, much faster than 3G services currently on offer, at cheaper prices.

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A Guy

 

[dreamer]

I dont think its going to be popular.Since the launch of pan India 3G services last year hardly (5% -10 %) of entire user base are using 3G services partly because its way too costly and secondly the smartphone growth is still slow as compared to other countries.